COP3832
Advanced Web Server Communication
Fall 1999

Homework Grading Policy
Each assignment		0 to 20 points
Exams and Assignments
	Exam 1	Exam 2	Homework
% of Grade	35%	35%	30%
Dates	Thu 10/7	Thu 12/9, 1530-1815	Various
Texts
How to Set Up and Maintain a Web Site, Second Edition, Lincoln Stein, Addison Wesley, 1997
Learning PERL, Second Edition, Schwartz, O'Reilly,1997
Room and Time
PC310 TR 1700-1815

Attendance I recommend that you attend every class. Those who attend class have a better chance of passing the course.

Prerequisites COP2210 or equivalent course, CGS3559 or equivalent kowledge.

Late Assignment Policy Assignments are due at the START of class. You lose 1 point off the grade for every 6 hours. You may hand in a nassignment up to 1 week late, I will start the grading for very late assignments at 10 points (50%).

Working Together on Assignments is NOT ALLOWED. There is a large difference between discussing general aspects of the course and discussing specific aspects of an assignment. Do not discuss your solution of a problem with others. Assignments that are too similar will not be graded. With a second occurrence, you will earn an F in the course.

Course Content - There will be four major areas for the course. I will try to divide the semester equally amongst these four areas, except for JavaScript which will only take a few weeks. The fifth area will be a quick overview of other languages to use to program on the web.

1. Static browser scripting - HTML and Cascading Style Sheets

   • UNIX commands and PERL programming.
   • Configuring solix to display your home page.
   • Creating Hypertext Documents - HTML, character styles, paragraph styles, lists, images, frames, tables, hypertext links.

   • Software tools for text, graphics, sound and video - HTML editors, syntax checkers, GIF, JPEG, MPEG, AU, WAV, VRML

   • Cascading Style Sheets

2. Static server control - Configuring a web server

   • Creating a Web site - Internet vs Intranet, ISPs, Server Software

   • Network Basics - TCP/IP, IP addresses, Domain Names, MIME, Daemons

   • Installing and Configuring a Web Server - Apache

   • Web Security - Access controls, Log files, Encryption

3. Dynamic server side scripting - PERL and SSI

   • CGI interface
   • Image Maps
   • PERL
   • SSI

4. Dynamic browser scripting - JavaScript

   • Input Validation

   • Fun stuff

   • Creating annoying pages that people will never visit again

5. Other languages for programming on the Web

   • VB Script
   • Active Server Pages
   • Java
   • ActiveX

In a nutshell, you will learn about both sides of the web - the browser side and the server side. The browser side is partially covered in the Intro to the Internet prerequisite: HTML. You will learn some more HTML. You will also learn a programming language that is similar to C++ that is run from the browser, hence the programming language prerequisite. On the server side, you will learn how to configure a web server. You will run your own copy of a web server and investigate the how to restrict access to your server. You will also learn a programming language that is similar to C++ that runs on the server. Through the use of the programming languages that are run from the browser and the server, you will be able to have your web pages interact with the user.