Module Details

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Title PROGRAMMING THE INTERNET
Code CKIT503
Coordinator Professor FP Coenen
Computer Science
Coenen@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2021-22 Level 7 FHEQ Whole Session 15

Aims

1. To provide students with sufficient knowledge and skills relating to core Internet technologies, such as HTML, JavaScript and PHP, to enable them to create robust applications.

2. To prepare students for potential careers as Web developers or for management roles that oversee Web development projects.

3. To develop students' capacity to engage in team working, in the context of internet programming.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) An ability to critically appraise and employ successfully Internet Programming tools, techniques and current standards.

(LO2) An ability to critically assess the merits of alternative solutions to web programming problems.

(LO3) A critical understanding of the process required to construct www applications that access back-end databases.

(LO4) A full understanding of the process required to build scalable web database systems.

(LO5) An ability to design and create an effective and maintainable web site in accordance with established web standards.

(S1) Skills in using technology - Online communications skills

(S2) Working in groups and teams - Group action planning

(S3) Critical thinking and problem solving - Critical analysis


Syllabus

 

Week 1: Introduction to XHTML and Internet Programming
Overview of XML and Internet Programming. Overview of HTML tags and the use of frames. Software tools to support internet programming such as the W3C HTML Validator tool.

Week 2: Advanced XHTML Concepts
Fundamentals of XHTML. The design and implementation of XHTML pages to produce specified visual outcomes. Using XHTML forms and understanding how these are processed by Web servers. The use of “style sheets” and the Document Object Model. Review of relevant standards.

Week 3: Dynamic XHTML and JavaScript
JavaScript and XML. The specification, design and implementation of interactive web pages that incorporate JavaScript code.

Week 4: Advanced JavaScript Programming
Designing and developing web pages that demonstrate the use of the Document Object Model within a JavaScript program. The use of “cookies” for Web-browsers and how to program them with JavaScri pt. The relevance of Web standards and intellectual property rights. Client-side and Server-side programming concepts.
Validating text and numerical input in XHTML forms using JavaScript.

Week 5: PHP and Database Connectivity (First week)
The use of Object Database Connectivity (ODBC) compliant databases in Web applications. The methods by which PHP retrieves cookies from a Web site. Designing and implementing PHP scripts to perform server-side validation of input.

Week 6: Database Connectivity and Programming with PHP
Designing and creating XHTML forms that call PHP scripts. The process of Formulating SQL queries and embedding them into PHP scripts. Designing and creating PHP scripts to facilitate the retrieval and updating of information held databases.

Week 7: Advanced PHP and Database issues.
The Model View Controller (MVC) design pattern to partition Web scripts into model and controller components. Applying OO techniques in PHP so as to implem ent the MVC design pattern.

Week 8: AJAX Programming
Fundamentals of AJAX with respect to client-side web development so as to create asynchronous web applications. Designing and creating programs that incorporate AJAX techniques to access and amend the contents of databases and display the updated.


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Virtual classroom hours (for online modules)
Description:
Attendance Recorded: Yes
Notes: Number of hours per week, that students are expected to attend the virtual classroom so as to participate in discussion, dedicated to group work and individual assessment is 8.75.

Teaching Method 2 - Non-classroom hours (for online modules)
Description:
Attendance Recorded: Yes
Notes: Number of hours per week, that students are expected to devote to for reading, research and other individual work to support engagement in the classroom is 10.


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours           70

80

150
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 0
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Assessment 1 Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Whole session  Weekly Discussion Qu    30       
Assessment 2 Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Whole session  Weekly Coursework As    25       
Assessment 3 Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Whole session  8 week group project    45       

Recommended Texts

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