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CGS4854 Website Construction and Management
Syllabus 2016 Spring
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This is a Teaching Website, All Data Entry Samples are for Testing Purpose Only
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.
Co-requisites
None
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
My goal is to make sure you learn, working together on programs is PERMITTED, however, each program
MUST BE UNIQUE, ALL PROGRAMS THAT ARE COPIES WILL GET A GRADE OF ZERO (0)
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.
Assignments
Assignments must be turned in at the start of class on the due dates.
I do not accept late assignments without a valid reason.
Include the following header in every program
**************************************************
Author : Your Name
Course : Course Name and Times
Professor: Michael Robinson
Program : Program Number, Purpose/Description
A brief description of the program
Due Date : mm/dd/yyyy
I certify that this work is my own alone.
..........{ your signature }..........
**************************************************
GRADING
3 Exams 20 points each = 60 points
4 Programs 10 points each = 40 points
Totals = 100 points
PASS GPA
FAIL GPA
A = 100-95 4.00
C- = 69-65 1.67
A- = 94-90 3.67
D+ = 64-60 1.33
B+ = 89-86 3.33
D = 59-55 1.00
B = 85-82 3.00
D- = 54-51 0.67
B- = 81-78 2.67
F = 50-00 0.00
C+ = 77-74 2.33
C = 73-70 2.00
Important Dates (COULD BE MODIFIED)
Program 1
Due : Thursday, Feb 04th, 2016 at beginning of Class.
Program 2
Due : Thursday, Feb 19th, 2016 at beginning of Class.
Exam 1
Thursday March 10th, 2016 (covering Programs 1 and 2 plus class material)
Program 3
Due : Tuesday March 22nd, 2016 at beginning of Class.
Exam 2
Thursday March 31st, 2016 (covering Programs 1, 2 and 3 plus class material)
Program 4
Due : Thursday April 21st, 2016 at beginning of Class.
Final Exams:
Covering all programs, all exams and all class material
CGS 4854-U01 (17802) Tue May 3rd 2016 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM ECS 134
CGS 4854-U03 (18587) Tue May 3rd 2016 7:15 PM - 9:15 PM ECS 143
CGS 4854-U02 (17803) Thu May 5th 2016 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM ECS 136
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
Browser-Server Communication
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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