Module Details
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Title PROGRAMMING THE INTERNET
Code CKIT503
Coordinator Prof FP Coenen
Computer Science
Coenen@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2016-17 Level 7 FHEQ Whole Session 15

Aims

  1. To provide students with sufficient knowledge and skills relating to core Internet technologies such as XHTML, Java Script 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.

Learning Outcomes

An ability to critically appraise and employ successfully Internet Programming tools, techniques and current standards.
An ability to critically assess the merits of alternative solutions to Web programming problems.

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

A full understanding of the process required to build scalable web database systems.
An ability to design and create an effective and maintainable Web site in accordance with established Web standards. 

Syllabus
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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

Java Script and XML. The specification, design and implementation of interactive web pages that incorporate Java Script code.

Week 4: Advanced Java Script Programming

Designing and developing web pages that demonstrate the use of the Document Object Model within a Java Script program. The use of “cookies” for Web-browsers and how to program them with Java Script. 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.

We ek 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< span lang="EN-US" />

The Model View Controller (MVC) design pattern to partition Web scripts into model and controller components. Applying OO techniques in PHP so as to implement 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 a mend the contents of databases and display the updated

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Virtual classroom hours (for online modules) -

Number of hours per week, per student expected in the virtual classroom in discussion, dedicated to group work and individual assessment is 8.75.

Non-classroom hours (for online modules) -

Number of hours per week, per student expected 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)           Number of hours per week, per student expected in the virtual classroom in discussion, dedicated to group work and individual assessment is 8.75.
Number of hours per week, per student expected for reading, research and other individual work to support engagement in the classroom is 10.
  		 
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
Coursework  Weekly Discussion Qu  Whole session  30  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 1 
Coursework  Weekly Coursework As  Whole session  25  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 2 
Coursework  8 weeks group projec  Whole session  45  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 3 Notes (applying to all assessments) 1) Due to nature of the on-line mode of instruction this work is not marked anonymously. 2) Students who fail the module have the opportunity to repeat the entire module, thus all failed assessments. 3) The "Standard UoL Penalty" for late submission that applies is the "Standard UoL Penalty" agreed with respect to online programmes offered in collaboration with Laureate Online Education.  

Recommended Texts
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