Syllabus

CS320 Web and Internet Programming

Spring 2006
Computer Science Department
California State University, Los Angeles


Lectures:
 Tuesday and Thursday 6:10pm - 7:50pm, in E&T A220
Instructor:
 Chengyu Sun
Email: csun@calstatela.edu
Office: E&T A317
Office Hours: MW 1:30-2:30pm, MW 4:10-5:10pm,  and TR 4:10-6:10pm, 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
Optional:  JavaServer Pages (3rd Edition), by Hans Bergsten
Software Tools:
 Required - Email, J2SE 1.5.x, Tomcat 5.5.x, and MySQL 5.0.x.
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
Tomcat setup and configuration
Development on a Linux server
Servlet basics
1
2

3
2
 Handling HTTP requests
Generating HTTP response
 19, 4, 5
6, 7
3
 Cookies and session tracking
 8, 9
4
 JSP directives and scripting elements
Java beans
 10, 11, 12
14
5
 Expression Language (EL)
JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL)
 16
6 Lab 1: Bean, EL, and JSTL
Working with multiple JSP pages
13
7
 MIDTERM
Database access
17, 18
8
 Custom tag libraries
Lab 2: DB and Custom taglib

9
 Web applications and MVC
Introduction to web application security
 15
10
 Introduction to PHP and ASP
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.