(3 credits, 2 class hours, 2 lab hours), Department of Computer Systems Technology, New York City College of Technology, City University of New York
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Instructor: | Raffi Khatchadourian |
| Office: | N913 |
| Email: | rkhatchadourian@citytech.cuny.edu |
| Phone: | (718) 260-5325 |
| Office hours: | MW 5:40-6:40pm or by appointment |
| Semester: | Spring 2016 |
| Section: | CST 4713-D766 |
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of dynamic web application software development. It provides instruction in building web pages dynamically, organizing projects into web applications, and deploying these applications using a web server. The course investigates the role middleware in an N-tiered design structure (acting as a middle layer between requests coming from Web browsers or other HTTP clients and databases or applications on the HTTP server). The concepts of web frameworks, life cycles, handling client requests, generating server responses, handling cookies, session tracking, and the MVC (model-view-controller) architecture will be discussed. Hands-on laboratory exercises will reinforce the material presented in the lectures and enable students to develop related programming, critical thinking, and problem solving skills. Students will also learn how to develop complicated software in teams.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of dynamic web application development.
- Demonstrate understanding of dealing with form data from client requests.
- Demonstrate understanding of various HTTP request headers, and how to access them from a client request.
- Demonstrate understanding of the meaning, format, and means of setting HTTP response codes/headers.
- Demonstrate understanding of how to send and receive cookies, their benefits and drawbacks, and differences between session and persistent cookies.
- Demonstrate understanding of the various elements of session tracking and the Java session tracking API.
- Demonstrate understanding of the syntax and utility of web frameworks.
- Demonstrate understanding of invoking server-side code with client-side scripting elements.
- Use of server-side components/objects, state, and their life cycle.
- Understand the Model View Controller (MVC) Architecture/design pattern.
- Skills/Inquiry/Analysis: Students will employ scientific reasoning and logical thinking.
- Skills/Communication: Students will communicate in diverse settings and groups, using written (both reading and writing), oral (both speaking and listening), and visual means
- Values/Ethics/Relationships/Professional/Personal Development: Students will work with teams, including those of diverse composition. Build consensus. Respect and use creativity.
- CST 2309: Web Programming I
- CST 3513: Object-Oriented Programming
- CST 3613: Advanced Object-Oriented Programming.
- Good working knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP).
- If you need a refresher, I recommend Core Java for the Impatient by Cay S. Horstmann.
- Knowledge of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
- Knowledge of Model–view–controller
- Please sign up for a free Amazon Web Services (AWS) student account at http://aws.amazon.com/education/awseducate/apply. Choose the students option. I will use AWS to deploy our example applications. You may also run a local web server if you wish.
- Please join the GitHub organization for our course for coding discussion.
- Please join the OpenLab course for class discussion.
Attendance is expected at every class meeting. College policy sets the maximum number of permissible absences at 10% of the number of class meetings scheduled for the semester. If the class is meeting two times per week, you are permitted to be absent a total of three class sessions; if the class meets only once per week, you are permitted to miss one and one-half of the class meetings. A student who is absent for more than 15% of the class hours in the semester will be assigned a grade of WU (withdrew unofficially), subject to the discretion of the instructor. Fifteen percent equals eight hours for a course that meets four hours a week, six hours for a course that meets three hours a week. A student who does not attend a course at all will be assigned a grade of WN (never attended).
The instructor of the course has the authority to give a grade of F if the student submits the work of another person in a manner that represents his/her work, or knowingly permits one’s work to be submitted by another person without the instructor’s permission. Please see the CUNY Policy on Academic Integrity for more details. The instructor is required to report all violations to the college.
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Assignments (individual) | 40% |
| Final Project (group) | 30% |
| Nanoquizzes & Participation | 10% |
| Coding & Design Work | 20% |
For most class sessions, you will be asked to read one or more short articles in advance. The class will begin with a tiny "nanoquiz" comprising a few multiple choice questions about the readings.
The measure of the acquired skills in coding and design work will be computed by selecting the best grades received for the design and code portions of the assignments.
| Letter Grade | Numerical Grade |
|---|---|
| A | 93-100 |
| A- | 90-92.9 |
| B+ | 87-89.9 |
| B | 83-86.9 |
| B- | 80-82.9 |
| C+ | 77-79.9 |
| C | 70-76.9 |
| D | 60-69.9 |
| F | <=59.9 |
- Deadlines and due dates for assignments will be assigned in class.
- Late assignments will be penalized.
- No make-ups will be given for nanoquizzes.
- Assignments are the result of individual effort unless otherwise specified (e.g., group projects). Note that the instructor is required to report all violations to the college.
- Group projects are the result of group effort by the particular group only.
- Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Copying code from the internet is a form of plagiarism.
- Students found cheating and/or plagiarizing will receive a grade of 0 for the corresponding grade item and will be reported to the college.
- If you miss a class, you are responsible for the material. Have the phone numbers of several other students to find out what material you missed
- Homework submissions are not accepted via email.
- Any emails sent from the instructor via non-CUNY email addresses will be ignored.
All majors in CST, CIS, MS, and CIB must attain a grade of C or better in all MS and CS courses
Students with special needs should see me for accommodation.
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