CSCI3000

CSCI 3000 – Web Programming – Fall 2011

Welcome to the class where you’ll learn how to build web sites that, well, look like this and function even better! PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, AJAX, Facebook Apps, Google APIs, iPhone & Android Apps – you can’t find all this in any other CS course in the region.

My humble objective is to give you a broad foundation in the tools that can make you more money than any other single class you have ever taken. Ready? Design… Code!

Rough Course Map from the first day of class

Syllabus: CSCI 3000 Payne Fall 2011

Course Map: (see image, right)

Calendar: Daily course calendar

Links:

• Texts:
  • The Essential Guide to HTML5: Using Games to Learn HTML5 and Javascript, Jeanine Meyer, 2010 ($21.99 at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Guide-HTML5-Using-JavaScript/dp/1430233834)
  • AJAX and PHP: Building Modern Web Applications 2nd Edition, Brinzarea & Darie, 2010 ($34.31 at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/AJAX-PHP-Building-Modern-Applications/dp/1847197728)
  • Optional Text: PHP 6 and MySQL 5 for Dynamic Web Sites, Third Edition, Larry Ullman, Peachpit Press, 2005.
• Web Setup:
  • GoDaddy.com
  • HostGator.com
• Textbook Web Sites:
  • The Essential Guide to HTML5 – source code and downloads
  • AJAX and PHP – source code and downloads
• Helpful Reference Sites:
  • Dive into HTML5 – THE free, online, outstanding HTML5 reference book
  • w3schools.com – outstanding, free, online resource for JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, AJAX (see this page to start out with AJAX and PHP: http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_ajax_php.asp), has an interactive editor for JavaScript and more
  • Google Labs – Code Playground: http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground – like it sounds, play with Google APIs online – try code out live and see the results
• Free Tools:
  • FileZilla FTP: http://filezilla-project.org/
  • Notepad2 (great HTML/JavaScript text editor): http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html
  • XAMPP portable web server: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html