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== Conceptual exam topics ==
== Conceptual exam topics ==
=== Webdatabases, major database types and simple Internet architectures  ===
* Understand the difference between major database types
* HTML Forms, server-side scripts and databases
* Three-tier architecture model
Reading:
* http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/te/files/webdatabases-intro.pdf


=== Simple web 2.0 databases ===
=== Simple web 2.0 databases ===
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* [[Web widget and mashup]] (chapters 1 and 2)
* [[Web widget and mashup]] (chapters 1 and 2)


=== Webdatabases, major database types and simple Internet architectures  ===
=== Relational databases ===


* Understand the difference between major database types
* Principles of relational databases, i.e. how objects can be represented with tables, and how tables can be linked together with keys
* HTML Forms, server-side scripts and databases
* Three-tier architecture model


Reading:
Reading:
* http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/te/files/webdatabases-intro.pdf
* See [[#SQL basics|SQL basics below]]
 
=== Relational databases ===
 
* Principles of relational databases, i.e. how objects can be represented with tables, and how tables can be linked together with keys


=== The LAMP architecture ===
=== The LAMP architecture ===
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Readings:
Readings:
 
* [[LDAP]] (this wiki)
* Optional:


== Technical exam topics ==
== Technical exam topics ==

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Introduction

This is a page to help preparation for the COAP-3180 exam, december 2007.

Conceptual exam topics

Webdatabases, major database types and simple Internet architectures

  • Understand the difference between major database types
  • HTML Forms, server-side scripts and databases
  • Three-tier architecture model

Reading:

Simple web 2.0 databases

  • Understand the potential of tools like Zoho Creator and other virtual office software, e.g. other Zoho applications or Google Apps like Google Docs

Reading:

Webtops and widgets

  • Understand the principle of web top like pageflakes
  • Understand the principle of web widgets

Reading:

Relational databases

  • Principles of relational databases, i.e. how objects can be represented with tables, and how tables can be linked together with keys

Reading:

The LAMP architecture

  • Understand what Apache/MySQL/Php means
  • Understand advantages/disadvantages of working with a web hosting service, a local WAMP installation or a WAMP on a memory stick.

Reading:

PHP/MySQL and Code generators

  • Be able to produce scripting code with a generator
  • Understand what the generator does and why generators can be useful
  • Have a basic understanding how PHP interacts with MySQL

Reading: http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/te/files/php-mysql.pdf

Configuration of LAMP-based portalware

  • Discuss the design of a CMS, i.e. its purpose, front page design, menu layout, skin and extra tools installed

Reading:

The W3C XML framework

  • Purpose of XML
  • Basic technical features of XML:
    • well-formedness,
    • validity, i.e. the Schema concept (DTD, XML Schema, etc.) and its purpose
    • namespaces
  • Some understanding of the purpose of important XML applications, e.g. XHTML, XSLT, XPath, SVG.
  • Understand the difference between "true XHTML" and XHTML used as "just" HTML

XML Databases

  • Understand the purpose of XML databases
  • Advantages and disadvantages compared to other database technologies
  • Have a rough understanding on how XPath, XQuery, Xupdate, XQuery Update, XSLT and CSS may work together

Reading:

Webservices

  • Have a general understanding of what we mean be "webservice"
  • Be able to distinguish between a REST, A XML-RPC and SOAP interface

LDAP databases

Readings:

  • LDAP (this wiki)
  • Optional:

Technical exam topics

You are expected to master technical details (beginner's level) of these topics.

SQL basics

Readings:

PHP/MySQL basics

  • Be able to use the PHPMySQLadmin interface (create users, databases and fix permissions)
  • Install a portal on a LAMP server

XQuery basics

  • Be able to write a simple XQuery application
  • Produce both XML and HTML output
  • Be able to upload XML data files and *.xq files to an eXist server
  • Query and eXist database with simple REST expressions

Readings:

http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/te/files/mysql-intro.pdf