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Introduction

COAP 3110

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Course materials for COAP 3110 - Interactive Site Development

Disclaimer: This is not the official syllabus or course program. EdutechWiki is just used as support site.
The course is organized in weekly programs (available through the menu to the right...)

The course-level outcomes as announced in the syllabus are:

Become familiar with server-side programming
Become familiar with technologies for computer to work together in the world of Internet
Create applications used in a variety of settings and devices
Connect and query databases
Connect databases with a Web application
Develop basic database-driven applications

Practical learning outcomes:

Configure an Apache and a MySql server
Install and configure a portal, e.g. wordpress
Create an interesting website using a portal and some extensions, select and/or adapt its skin
Understand various architectures of web services and portals
Develop a simple PHP application using HTML forms and a database table
Frontend and backend programming

Weekly programs

Week1 Web site architectures, portalware and web services - The Apache/MySQL/PHP stack (XAMP mobile)
Week2 HTTP, SQL and PHP principles
Week3 Simple forms-based web applications
Week4 Installation and configuration of portals (Wordpress)
Week5 Skins (theme) configuration and extension management
Week6 Web APIs, Use of web services with REST
Week7 Overview of development frameworks, term project work.
Week8 Term project presentation, final
Term project

Grading scale

A	3.8	Very good		92.00	
A-	3.5	Almost very good	89.00
B+	3.1	Pretty good 		85.00
B	2.8	Good			82.00
B-	2.5	Reasonably good		79.00
C+	2.1	Fair	   		75.00
C	1.8	Rather weak / minim.	72.00
C-	1.5	Minimalist / Weak	69.00
D+	1.1	Pass
D	0.8     Pass			62.00

Important teaching materials

Contents addressed within these texts may come up in exam questions. You are not required to memorize any of these, but you should at least read once through the short articles.

Recommended free on-line textbooks

Reading is optional, however strongly recommended for participants who never took a web design class.

Mandatory reading list

Midterm: items x-y
Final: all

Some important wiki pages

See also and/or alternatively: The weekly programs

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+'''Course materials for COAP 3110 - Interactive Site Development'''
 * Disclaimer: This is not the official syllabus or course program. EdutechWiki is just used as support site.
 * The course is organized in weekly programs (available through the menu to the right...)
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 == Weekly programs ==
-* [[COAP:COAP-3110/week1|Week1]]
+* [[COAP:COAP-3110/week1|Week1]] Web site architectures, portalware and web services - The Apache/MySQL/PHP stack (XAMP mobile)
-* [[COAP:COAP-3110/week2|Week2]]
+* [[COAP:COAP-3110/week2|Week2]] HTTP, SQL and PHP principles
-* [[COAP:COAP-3110/week3|Week3]]
+* [[COAP:COAP-3110/week3|Week3]] Simple forms-based web applications
-* [[COAP:COAP-3110/week4|Week4]]
+* [[COAP:COAP-3110/week4|Week4]] Installation and configuration of portals (Wordpress)
-* [[COAP:COAP-3110/week5|Week5]]
+* [[COAP:COAP-3110/week5|Week5]] Skins (theme) configuration and extension management
-* [[COAP:COAP-3110/week6|Week6]]
+* [[COAP:COAP-3110/week6|Week6]] Web APIs, Use of web services with REST
-* [[COAP:COAP-3110/week7|Week7]]
+* [[COAP:COAP-3110/week7|Week7]] Overview of development frameworks, term project work.
-* [[COAP:COAP-3110/week8|Week8]]
+* [[COAP:COAP-3110/week8|Week8]] Term project presentation, final
 * [[COAP:COAP-3110/term project|Term project]]