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Introduction
This is a page to help preparation for the COAP-3180 exam, december 2007.
Conceptual exam topics
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:
- O'Reilly Tim (2005), What is Web 2.0, http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html, better take the print version.
Webtops and widgets
- Understand the principle of web top like pageflakes
- Understand the principle of web widgets
Reading:
- Web widget and mashup (chapters 1 and 2)
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:
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
- 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:
- Ronald Bourret (2005). XML and Databases, http://www.rpbourret.com/xml/XMLAndDatabases.htm
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:
Technical exam topics
You are expected to master technical details (beginner's level) of these topics.
SQL basics
- Understand simple table definition
- SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE
- http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/te/files/mysql-intro.pdf (Note: You can find links to additional SQL tutorials on the course homepage or the SQL and MySQL pages if the slides are not clear enough...
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: