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CGS 4854 Website Construction and Management
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 Professor     Michael Robinson
 Email     michael.robinson@cs.fiu.edu
 Webpage     www.cs.fiu.edu/~mrobi002/teaching
 Tel     305-348-7523
 Office     ECS 212 D
   
 Course Title   Website Construction and Management
 Course Number   CGS 4854
 Credits   3
 Class Type   Required
 Prerequisites  COP3804 or COP3337 with a minimum grade of C.
Those who have less than a C in one of these classes will be dropped from the course during the first week of class.
CGS3559 or equivalent knowledge.
 Co-requisites  None
 Class Policies FIU Academic Affairs policy on academic dishonesty
   


   Credits
  • 3

   Class Type
  • Core Class - Required

   Pre-requisites
  • COP2250 or COP2210 with a minimum grade of C. Those who have less than a C in one of these classes will be dropped from the course during the first week of class.

   Co-requisites
  • None

   Goals
   Class Type
  • Core Class - Required

   Attendance
  • Attendance will be taken.
  • Not everything I teach in this class is in the book.

   Simple Rules
  • All programs MUST be done in the computers provided by FIU or in your own laptop and presented in class or in the lab when appropiate.

  • All programs MUST be named:
    last name + first Name initial + pgm1, 2, 3 or 4.
    ex: SmithJpgm1.java  SmithJpgm1.c  SmithJpgm1.html 

  • Your email MUST have your name on it.
    FIU, ElHombre, TheItGuy, etc are NOT accepted.

  • On your email's subject write:
    Your class name and email's purpose: OS1 pgm1, WEB2 pgm4

  • Email me your source programs ONLY, attached. DO NOT COPY AND PASTE.

  • Your programs must compile using the terminal mode.

  • Programs with warnings will NOT be accepted. I will not debug your programs.

  • Do not change the names of the files I provide.

  • Programs turned in after the due date are NOT accepted.

  • Any modification to your grades MUST be done no later than ONE week after grades are posted in Moodle.



Tools Required - FREE

    Computers in the ECS and PG6 labs contain all necessary programs for
    this course.

    You can also use your own computers using the following software:

    Windows : xPutty
     Allows you to have full remote control of your FIU server
    Create Account:
  • At Host Name (or IP address) : serverName.cs.fiu.edu
  • Port : 22
  • Select SSH
  • Save Session : enter a name for this account

    Windows : WinSCP
     Allows you to Create/Delete/Upload/Download folders/files to/from
    your FIU server
    Create Account:
  • At Session Section on right side
  • Host name (or IP address) : serverName.cs.fiu.edu
  • Port number : 22
  • User name    : Your user name
  • File protocol : SFTP
  • Save session as : enter a name for this account

    Linux : SecPanel
     Allows you to have full remote control of your FIU server

    Linux or Windows or Mac or Solaris : FileZilla
     Allows you to Create/Delete/Upload/Download folders/files to/from
    your FIU server

    Hosting Your Website : At FIU (Required)
     Your website at FIU will be hosted at ocelot.aul.fiu.edu/~username
    Instructions will be given in class.

    At Your Own Computers (Recommended)
    Creating your own local host site, allows you to develop your website
    at your own computer before uploading it to FIU.
    No internet access is required to do your development.
    It also allows you to take your work with you at the end of the semester.

    Windows : Wamp
    Allows you to create, in your local computer, a local Apache web server
    including HTML, PHP and mysql databases.
    No Internet access is required.
    Access to your website is allowed to your local computer only.

    Linux : Lamp
    Allows you to create, in your local computer, a local Apache web server
    including HTML, PHP and mysql databases.
    No Internet access is required.
    Access to your website is allowed to your local computer only.

    Mac : Mamp
    Allows you to create, in your local computer, a local Apache web server
    including HTML, PHP and mysql databases.
    No Internet access is required.
    Access to your website is allowed to your local computer only.




Grading
3 Exams      20 points each   =   60 points
4 Programs 10 points each   =   40 points
Total   = 100 points

Pass       Fail
A  = 100-95    C- = 69-66
A- =  94-90    D+ = 65-60
B+ =  89-87    D  = 59-56
B  =  86-83    D- = 55-51
B- =  82-80    F  = 50-0
C+ =  79-76 
C  =  75-70 


    Assignments


Schedule for classes held on Monday and Wednesday
Important Dates MW Fall 2014
  Program 1 Due : Wed September 10th, 2014 at beginning of Class.
  Exam 1 TBA Fall 2014 (covering Program 1 plus class material)
  Program 2 Due : TBA Fall 2014 at beginning of Class.
  Program 3 Due : Monday November 3rd, 2014 at the beginning of class.
  Exam 2 Monday November 17th 2014 (covering programs 1 and 3 plus class material)
  Program 4 Due : Wednesday November 19th, 2014 at beginning of Class.
  Final Exam Monday Dec 8 2014, 5:00PM - 7:00PM, ECS 138 (covering all Projects, all exams and all Class material)

  Course Description:
  • The fundamentals of creating and maintaining a website.
  • Installation and maintenance of a web-server.
  • Techniques for building multimedia interactive web-pages.

  Required Text
    Web Development with Java
    Using Hibernate, JSPs and Servlets
    Downey, Tim
    ISBN: 978-1-84628-862-3

  Expected Course Outcomes
  • Be familiar with JSP
  • Master Servlets
  • Master the design of basic web pages
  • Be familiar with the use of CSS 1 style sheets
  • Be familiar with the configuration of the Apache Web Server

  Projected Schedule (COULD BE MODIFIED)
    Chapters
  1. Browser-Server Communication
  2. Front End : JSP - HTML

    Others Topics not Covered in the Book
  • MVC = Model View Controller
  • Front End, Controller, Back End
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Controllers
  • PHP
  • mySQL Databases
  • Advanced HTML and Form Elements (AS TIME ALLOWS)
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