INLS181: Internet Applications

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Session Date Topic Assignments & Readings
1 August 21 Welcome
-introductions
-overview
-expectations
-installations
 
2 August 26 Protocols
-HTTP
-FTP
-telnet & SSH
Read WDN chapter 19, 20, & 21
3 August 28 Protocols (in lab)
-SMTP
-POP
-UNIX Review
Read WDN chapter 1 & 2
4 Sept 2
No Class
   
5 Sept 4 Browsers & Displays
-different browsers
-features & support
-testing
-knowing your audience
-monitor resolution
-fixed vs flexible design
Read WDN chapter 3, 5, & 22
6 Sept 9 Web Priciples
-the unknown
-printing
-color
-image formats and when to use
-web-safe palette
Read WDN chapter 8
7 Sept 11

HTML Review

Read WDN chapter 13
Read WBUI chapter 7
8 Sept 16 Tables
-uses
-vs frames
Assignment #1
Read WDN chapter 15
9 Sept 18

Forms


10 Sept 23 More on Photoshop (in lab)
-basics
-cool effects & filters
Read WDN chapter 28
11 Sept 25 Dreamweaver Assignment #1 due
12 Sept 30 Photoshop, Dreamweaver, & Tables

 

13 Oct 2 Photoshop, Dreamweaver, & Tables (in lab)
Read WDN chapter 26
Assignment #2
14 Oct 7 Flash & Shockwave (in lab)
-vector graphics
-advantages and disadvantages
-basics
 
15 Oct 9 No Class  
16 Oct 14 Flash
-more basics
Test Review Guide
Assignment #2 due
17 Oct 16 Flash
-intermediate techniques
Assignment #3
18 Oct 21 In-class Test Read WDN chapter 4
Read php.net tutorial
19 Oct 23 PHP Programming
-background
-uses
-advantages & disadvantages
-variables & data types
Read zend.com tutorial
PHP Lesson 1 Examples
20 Oct 28 PHP
-operators
-expressions
PHP Lesson 2 Examples
21 Oct 30 PHP
-boolean data type
-control structures
PHP Lesson 3 Examples
Assignment #3 due

22 Nov 4 PHP
-arrays
-array built-in functions
-in combination with while loop
-other built-in functions
PHP Lesson 4 Examples
23 Nov 6 PHP
-basic form element validation
-math functions
-mail
Assignment #4
PHP Lesson 5 Examples
Read WBUI pages 15-45
Read WDN chapter 10
24 Nov 11

User Interface Design
-do's and do not's
-layout
-content
-navigation
-fonts

Read WDN chapter 30
Read W3's XML in 10 points
25 Nov 13 XML (eXtensible Markup Language)
-data structures
-overview
-uses
-syntax
 
26 Nov 18 XML
-elements & attributes
Read XML Files DTD tutorial
27 Nov 20 XML
-DTD's
 
28 Nov 25 XML
-XSL
Assignment #4 due
Read WBUI chapter 6
29 Nov 27
No Class
  Final Assignment
XML Bible Chapter 17
30 Dec 2 XML
-XSL
 
31 Dec 4
Last Day
Semester Review  
  Dec 14   Final Assignment Due