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This is a program for an introductory web technologies course. It is based on an edition of a COAP 2100 course at [http://www.webster.ch/ Webster University], Geneva. | This is a program for an introductory web technologies course. It is based on an edition of a COAP 2100 course at [http://www.webster.ch/ Webster University], Geneva. | ||
'''This is not the official syllabus nor the official program'''. See the (access restricted) [ | '''This is not the official syllabus nor the official program'''. See the (access restricted) [http://worldclassroom.webster.edu World classroom]. | ||
This course introduces core technologies students need to know in order to start designing professional Web pages. It will cover basic principles, technology and tools required in web design and coding, including XHTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, HTTP, and others. | This course introduces core technologies students need to know in order to start designing professional Web pages. It will cover basic principles, technology and tools required in web design and coding, including XHTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, HTTP, and others. | ||
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* [[COAP:COAP-2100/exams|exams]] (information about ...) | * [[COAP:COAP-2100/exams|exams]] (information about ...) | ||
* [[COAP:COAP-2100/term project|term project]] | * [[COAP:COAP-2100/term project|term project]] | ||
* [[COAP:COAP-2100/week7|Week 7]] (HTML5 Video and audio Part II, Video Editing, ScreenCasts) | |||
* [[COAP:COAP-2100/week8|Week 8]] (Final: Term project presentation, screencast and Q/R) | |||
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== Index of important teaching materials == | == Index of important teaching materials == | ||
Latest revision as of 14:39, 14 November 2016
Introduction
This is a program for an introductory web technologies course. It is based on an edition of a COAP 2100 course at Webster University, Geneva.
This is not the official syllabus nor the official program. See the (access restricted) World classroom.
This course introduces core technologies students need to know in order to start designing professional Web pages. It will cover basic principles, technology and tools required in web design and coding, including XHTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, HTTP, and others.
- Course level learning outcomes (roughly)
At the completion of this course this student will be able to:
- Design a web page
- Code and validate HTML, XHTML
- Evaluate and use web page styles
- Edit and code simple JavaScript programs
- Create and validate an XML file
- Access a web server, code, test and run a server-side program
- Learn Web protocols
- Determine whether he/she has a greater interest in Web design or Web programming
- Teaching Materials and reference books
- There will be no required textbook (the instructor will use on-line materials and handouts, including photocopies from selected reference book sections). See the weekly program...
Optional Textbooks:
- INTERNET & WORLD WIDE WEB, HOW TO PROGRAM, Latest Edition. E.g. Deitel et al., Internet and World Wide Web How To Program (5th Edition), Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-215100-6 (Available in the library)
- SVG Essentials Free On-line SVG textbook. Wiki version of J. David Eisenberg (2002), SVG Essentials, O'Reilly
Weekly programs
- Week 1 (Creating web sites with web services)
- Week 2 (webtops, widgets and RSS)
- Week 3 (HTML and CSS)
- Week 4 (SVG - Part I)
- Week 5 (SVG - Part II)
- Week 6 (HTML5 Video and audio)
- exams (information about ...)
- term project
- Week 7 (HTML5 Video and audio Part II, Video Editing, ScreenCasts)
- Week 8 (Final: Term project presentation, screencast and Q/R)
Index of important teaching materials
Weeks 1-7
- Using online services
- Creating websites with online services. This short tutorial covers some online web site creation services that we will use.
- Using web widgets. A short introduction on how to use web widgets.
- RSS and News feed aggregator (short introduction to the format and clients)
- Setting up the tools
- Browser extensions. A list of useful Firefox extensions.
- Text editors, XML editors and web authoring systems (FYI)
- HTML 5
- HTML5
- HTML and XHTML elements and attributes
- HTML and XHTML validation and repair
- Online HTML reference manual
- HTML5 audio and video
- WebVTT
- SVG
- SVG Essentials On-line SVG textbook. Wiki version of J. David Eisenberg (2002), SVG Essentials, O'Reilly
- An SVG Primer for Today's Browsers W3C Working Draft — September 2010. (200+ pages)
- SVG
- Using SVG with HTML5 tutorial
- Static SVG tutorial
- SVG/SMIL animation tutorial
- XML
- XML principles
- RSS
- Timed Text (optional, example of an XML language)
- CSS and style
Additional resources
(None is needed for projects and exams. I just keep them here for general interest)
- How Internet works
- Flash videos and timed text
- Flash video component tutorial (selected parts only: Encoding a video, using the FLV playback component and adding captions with the Captioning component)
- XML
- XML
- Editing XML tutorial
- XML namespace
- EPub, a popular E-book standard (FYI, not tested)
- JavaScript and client-side scripting
- Javascript tutorial - basics
- DHTML
- HTML forms tutorial (how to deal with a series of radio buttons)
- PHP and server side scripting
- HTML forms tutorial (how to deal with a series of radio buttons, Server-side forms processing)