B211 Lecture Topic 2

Lecture Topic 2: The World Wide Web

Description

This topic deals with the underlying technologies supporting communication through what is called the World Wide Web (WWW). We define what is considered to be the World-Wide-Web, the protocols implemented by all software on the WWW, as well as looking into the two most important components of WWW: the browser and the web server.

This topic also covers the foundations for an important part of this unit: web application programming. The lectures will lead to programming exercises your will be doing in the labs and in your assignment 2. It introduces client-side scripting using JavaScript, and server-side programming using PHP.

Lectures

What in the world is the World Wide Web?

Internals of the Web Client

Internals of the Web Server

Client-side scripting with JavaScript

Server-side scripting with PHP

Labs

Writing HTML documents

JavaScript programming

PHP programming

Required Reading

Lecture notes

Unit Reader 2: section 2.2 in Application Layer, Chapter 2 in Computer Networking - A Top Down Approach Featuring the Internet, James Kurose and Keith Ross, Addison-Wesley, 2001.

Textbook Web Programming by Chris Bates, Chapter 17: Protocols, sections 17.3 -17.6.

Unit Reader 5: Web Servers, Chapter 4 in Web Protocols and Practice, Balachander Krishnamurthy and Jennifer Rexford, Addison-Wesley, 2001.

Textbook Web Programming by Chris Bates, Chapter 1: Introduction

Textbook Web Programming by Chris Bates, Chapter 2: HTML

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

Textbook Web Programming by Chris Bates, Chapter 5: Objects in JavaScript

Textbook Web Programming by Chris Bates, Chapter 6: Dynamic HTML with JavaScript

Textbook Web Programming by Chris Bates, Chapter 12: An Introduction to PHP

Supplementary Reading

Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer display comparison - available at http://browsercomparison.esmartweb.com/

Unit Reader 7: Getting Started with PHP, Chapter 1 in PHP: Your Visual Blueprint for Creating Open Source, Server-Side Content, Paul Whitehead and Joel Desamero, Hungry Minds, 2001.