Michael Robinson FIU Teaching

CGS 4854 - U02A (56559) Website Construction and Management - Summer A 2012
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Professor	Michael Robinson
Email	michael.robinson@fiu.edu
Webpage	www.cs.fiu.edu/~mrobi002/teaching

Course Title	Website Construction and Management
Course Number	CGS 4854
Credits	3
Class Type	Required
Prerequisites	COP3804 or COP3337: minimum grade is a C. Those who do not have 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
Stars	Monday May 7th, 2012
Ends	Thursday June 21st, 2012
Class Policies	FIU Academic Affairs policy on academic dishonesty

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
1. Be familiar with JSPs
2. Master Servlets
3. Master the design of basic web pages
4. Be familiar with the use of CSS 1 style sheets
5. Be familiar with the configuration of the Apache Web Server

Goals
My goal is to make sure you learn, working together on programs is NOT PERMITTED,
if I notice that programs are similar I will start giving a quiz on the program the day it is due,
if your grades (program, quiz) are very different the final grade will the one of the quiz.

Attendance
If you attend every class, you will have a better chance of learning the material of this course.

Recommendations
The computers in the ECS labs contain all the necessary programs for his course, you can also
use your own computers, installing the following FREE software:
JDK Java Compiler
Netbeans IDE MAKE SURE to download the Tomcat addon

Grading
2 Exams 20 points each = 40 points
5 Tutorials 6 points each = 30 points
5 Programs 6 points each = 30 points
Total = 100 points

Your grade, will be calculated as follows
A 100-95
A- 94-90
B+ 89-87
B 86-83
B- 82-80
C+ 79-76
C 75-70 PASS
C- 69-66 FAIL
D+ 65-60
D 59-56
D- 55-51
F 50-0

Important Dates
- Last day to ADD, DROP, SWAP courses for Summer A 2012 Monday May 14, 2012
- Mid Term Exam : Tuesday May 29th (covering ch 1, 2, 3)
- **Final** Exam : Thursday June 15th (covering ch 1 - 6)

Assignment Due Dates
Assignments must be turned in at the start of class on the due dates.
I do not accept late assignments without a valid reason.

Programming Assignments
Tutorial 1 : Due Thursday May 14th, 2012 at beginning of class.
Program 1 : Due Monday, May 14th, 2012 at beginning of class.

Tutorial 2 : Due Monday May 21th, 2012 at beginning of class.
Program 2 : Due Monday May 21st, 2012 at beginning of class.

Tutorial 3 : Due Thrusday May 24th, 2012 at beginning of class.
Program 3 : Due Monday, June 4th, 2012 at beginning of class.

Tutorial 4 : Due Monday, June 4th, 2012 at beginning of class.
Program 4 : Due Monday, June 4th, 2012 at beginning of class.

JAR_Files_Ch5 Download
Tutorial 5 : Due On Monday June 18th at beginning of class.
Program 5 : Due On Monday June 18th at beginning of class.

Include the following header in every assignment
*********************************************************************
Author : Your Name
Course : CGS 4854 MoTuWeTh 7:50PM - 9:05PM ECS 145
Professor : Michael Robinson

Tutorial/Program # : Purpose/Description
{A brief description of the program }

Due Date : MM/DD/YYYY

Certification:
I hereby certify that this work is my own and none of it is the work of any other person.

..........{ your signature }..........
*********************************************************************/

PROJECTED SCHEDULE (COULD BE MODIFIED)
Chapter
1 Browser-Server Communication
2 Controllers
3 Java Beans and Controller Helpers

Review for Mid Term Exam : Thursday May 24th, 2012 (covering chapters 1, 2, and 3)
MID TERM EXAM : Tuesday May 29th (covering chapters 1, 2, and 3

4 Enhancing the Controller
5 Hibernate
6 Advanced HTML and Form Elements (AS TIME ALLOWS)

Final Exam review : Wednesday June 20th, 2012 (covering chapters 1-6)
FINAL EXAM : Thursday June 21st, 2012 (covering chapters 1-6)