B211 Lecture Topic 4

Lecture Topic 4: Internet Application Development - Programming, Scripting and Mark-up Languages

Description

This topic deals with using different programming, scripting and mark-up languages to implement the software we see on the Internet. It will cover what the difference between the three classes of languages are, what different features are in different languages, and what impact the different languages are having on the Internet.

Scheduled Lectures

Introduction to Programming, Scripting and Mark-up Languages

HTML and XHTML

XML

Introduction to Web Scripting Languages - JavaScript, VBScript, DHTML, and Server-side Scripting

Programming Languages on the Internet - Java and Visual Basic

Web Service Application Frameworks - Microsoft .NET, Sun's ONE, and Open Source initiatives.

Required Reading

Lecture notes

Textbook Web Programming by Chris Bates, Chapter 1: Introduction

Textbook Web Programming by Chris Bates, Chapter 3: HTML

Textbook Web Programming by Chris Bates, Chapter 3: Good Design

Textbook Web Programming by Chris Bates, Chapter 5: An Introduction to JavaScript

Textbook Web Programming by Chris Bates, Chapter 10: XML: Defining Data for Web Applications

Textbook Web Programming by Chris Bates, Chapter 11: Alternatives to CGI Scripting

Supplementary Reading and Reference

See Readings page for online sites with tutorials for web developers.

W3C's activities on HTML, XHTML and XML.

Netscape's JavaScript Developer Central.

Sun Microsystems' Java resources.

Microsoft Developers Network.