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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 #     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


  Important Dates (COULD BE MODIFIED)
    Program 1 Due : Thursday Feb 5th, 2015 at beginning of Class.
      
    Program 2 Due : Thursday Feb 19th, 2015 at beginning of Class.
      
    Exam 1 TBA (covering Program 1 plus class material)
      
    Program 3 Due : Tuesday March 24th, 2015 at the beginning of class.
      
    Exam 2 Thursday April 9th, 2015 (covering programs 3 plus class material)
      
    Program 4 Due : Tuesday April 21st, 2015 at beginning of Class.
    Final Exams:
Covering all programs, all exams and all class material
CGS 4854-U01 (12549)  4/28/2015,  Tue  5:00PM  -   7:00PM  ECS 134
CGS 4854-U03 (13344)  4/28/2015,  Tue  7:15PM  -   9:15PM  ECS 138
CGS 4854-U02 (12550)  4/30/2015,  Thu  9:45AM - 11:45AM  ECS 143

  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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