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Semester 1 - 15 July, 2002 - 9 Nov, 2002

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H6614 -- Internet & Web Technologies
Lecturer

Assistant Professor: Goh Hoe Lian, Dion

Course Description

This course covers Internet communication and interface protocols as well as technologies employed in Web-based information products and services. Topics covered include basic networking principals, TCP/IP and various application-level protocols, HTML, cascading stylesheets (CSS), dynamic HTML (DHTML), client-side scripting with JavaScript, Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripting, XML, and Web page and Web site design. Students will learn Web page authoring and simple client and server scripting using standard Web authoring and image editing software.

Course Objectives
  • understand the basic principles of the main Internet protocols
  • design and develop Web pages
  • understand basic Web design principals
  • write scripts to implement simple interactive effects
Course Schedule
  • Introduction, Networks and the Internet
  • TCP/IP
  • HTML I - Text and links; Hypertext timeline
  • HTML II - Images and color
  • HTML III - Tables, frames and forms
  • Web usability; Typefaces
  • JavaScript
  • Cascading Style Sheets and Dynamic HTML
  • HTTP and supporting technologies
  • Introduction to CGI Scripting
  • XML
  • Review
Reading List
  • Lemay, L. Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML 4, 3rd edition.
  • Nielsen, J. Designing Web Usability.
  • Forouzan, B. Data Communications and Networking. McGraw Hill.
  • Forouzan, B. TCP/IP Protocol Suite. McGraw Hill.
  • Kurose J., and Ross, K. Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach. Addison Wesley
  • Lynch, P. and Horton, S. Web Style Guide: Basic Principles for Creating Web Sites. Yale University Press. Available at: http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/contents.html
  • Siegel, K. Dreamweaver 4: Skills & Drills (The Essentials). IconLogic.
  • Weinman, L. Designing Web Graphics 3. New Riders.
  • Weinman, L. Photoshop 5.5 and ImageReady 2.0 Hands-On Training. Peachpit Press.