Syllabus

CS320 Web and Internet Programming

Fall 2008
Computer Science Department
California State University, Los Angeles


Lectures:
 Monday 6:10pm - 7:50pm, in E&T A220
Labs: Monday 8:00pm - 10:30pm, in E&T A220
Instructor:
 Chengyu Sun
Email: csun@calstatela.edu
Office: E&T A317
Office Hours: MW 2-4pm and F 3-5pm, or by appointment, in E&T A317
Course Description:
This course introduces students to server-side programming, which is essential for providing dynamic content on the web. Among the many existing web technologies, we will focus on Java servlets and JSP technologies, especially Java beans, expression language, JDBC, JSTL, and custom tag libraries.
Prerequisites:
 CS120, CS122, and CS203
Students are expected to have strong Java programming skills, and working knowledge of HTML.
Textbook(s): Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages, Vol. 1: Core Technologies, by Marty Hall and Larry Brown
Software Tools:
 Required - Email, J2SE, Tomcat, and MySQL.
Optional (for access online lecture notes) - Adobe Acroread and/or MS PowerPoint
Grading Policy:
 Homework and projects 50%, Labs 10%, Midterm 20%, Final 20%

90 - 100
80 - 90
60 - 80
40 - 60
below 40 		A
B
C
D
F
Schedule:
Week
 Topics
 Chapters
1 Administrative Issues
Introduction to Server-side Programming
Setting Up a Development Environment
Linux Basics
Introduction to Java Servlets
1


3
2
 Handling HTTP requests
Generating HTTP responses
 19, 4, 5
6, 7
3
 Cookies and session tracking
JSP directives and scripting elements 		8, 9
10, 11, 12
4
 Java Beans and Expression Language
JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL)
 14, 16
5
 Web Application and MVC
Lab 1: Bean, EL, and JSTL
 15
6 MIDTERM
7
 SQL and MySQL 18
8
 JDBC and JSTL SQL 17
9
 Custom tag libraries
Lab 2: DB and Custom taglib
10
 Introduction to PHP
11
 FINAL
Online Resources:
Academic Integrity:
 Cheating will not be tolerated. Cheating on any assignment or exam will be taken seriously.  All parties involved will receive a grade of F for the course and be reported to the Academic Senate.