Syllabus

CS520 Web Programming

Fall 2011
Computer Science Department
California State University, Los Angeles


Lectures:
Monday and Wednesday 4:20pm - 6:00pm in E&T A210
Instructor:
Chengyu Sun
Email: csun@calstatela.edu
Office: E&T A317
Office Hours: MW 2-4pm and T 3:30-5pm, or by appointment, in E&T A317
Course Description:
This course will pick up where CS320 left off and discuss more advanced topics in web application development. In particular, we will cover development tools, libraries, frameworks, and methodologies that help create sophisticated, robust, and maintainable web applications. Emerging technologies and research issues related to the Web will also be discussed. 
Prerequisites:
CS320
Textbook(s):
  • Spring in Action (3nd Ed), by Craig Walls and Ryan Breidenbach.
  • Java Persistence with Hibernate, by Christian Bauer and Gavin King.
Software Tools:
Required - Email and web application development tools.
Optional (for access online lecture notes) - Adobe Reader and/or MS PowerPoint
Grading Policy:
Homework and Projects 60%, Quizzes 10%, Midterm Presentation 15%, Final Presentation 15%

90 - 100
80 - 90
60 - 80
40 - 60
below 40
A
B
C
D
F
Schedule:
Week
Topics
1 Administrative Issues
Course Overview
Setting Up Development Environment
Introduction to Maven
Version Control with Subversion
2
Java Annotations
Servlet and JSP Review
3
Object-Relational Mapping with Hibernate and JPA
4
Spring - Inversion of Control
Spring - Aspect-Oriented Programming
5 Spring - MVC Framework
6
Bits and Pieces of Web Programming
Introduction to Ajax
7
Midterm Presentations
8
Full Text Search
9
Declarative Security
10 Introduction to Web Services
Collaborative Filtering
11
Final Presentations
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.