Web applications development


Introduction

This course starts with an introduction to the internet, including a brief history of the TCT/IP protocol and worldwide web. It defines the basic concepts for web servers and studies the case of Apache, the most used webserver, while other free software webservers are not forgotten. The course continues with webpage design focussing on HTML and JavaScript. XML Schemas, their validation and transformation are covered as well as dynamic webpages built with CGI, PHP or JSP and database access.

Webservices are software components that are accessible through SOAP and have their interface described with WSDL (Web Service Description Language). In this section the XML-RPC protocol is discussed among other things.

The last part of the course deals with configuration, maintenance, monitoring and security aspects.

Learning Outcomes

Competences

  • Installing and configuring a web server
  • Writing dynamic web pages, accessing data bases and using web services
  • Applying security concepts to web servers
  • Designing and implementing web applications

Knowledge

  • The information structuring language XML
  • Web service protocols and languages

European e-Competence Framework

  • A.5 (Systems Architecture) level 3
  • A.6 (Application Design) level 2
  • B.1 (Design and Development) level 3
  • B.2 (Systems Integration) level 3
  • B.4 (Systems Deployment) level 2
  • E.3 (Risk Management) level 2

ACM Computing Classification System

  • H.3.5 (Online Information Services)
  • H.5.4 (Hypertext/Hypermedia)

Teaching Staff

Academic Requirements

No previous specific knowledge is required.

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