I. Purpose and objectives

This course is an introduction to the design and development of web applications using HTML and other tools. Those who complete the course successfully will be able to:

•    Use story boards to facilitate the design of web sites

•    Create web pages that are easy to read and use

•    Use HTML, SGML, XML, and XHTML appropriately to develop web pages

•    Use tables to control the layout of page content and white space

•    Use cascading style sheets to control the appearance of page elements

•    Create forms to collect data

•    Write and execute a simple Java script

•    Use a CGI script to update a data file and report results to the user

•    Create cookies to store and provide data about users

•    Validate user input with Java script code

This will be primarily a lab course with students working on text exercises.

II. Course requirements and grades

Attend class. Complete homework and project assignments. Review assigned chapters before coming to class. During class sessions you will work on assignments and discuss questions that arise in completing them. Grades will be based on homework and a class project that will be evaluated on its design and technical aspects. A grade of ‘B’ indicates quality of work expected at the graduate level, an “A,’ better than expected, and ‘C,’ less than expected.

Prerequisites: You must have some programming background and be comfortable using a variety of computer application programs.

III. Texts

Even More Excellent HTML with XML, XHTML and JAVASCRIPT            Timothy T. Gottleber and Timothy N. Trainor            McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2003

IV. Tentative course outline and assignments