Semester Schedule
The schedule will be flexible as we cover each topic. We might spend some extra time on topics, so we will update the schedule as we progress through the semester.
| Mtg |
Date |
Topic |
Notes |
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Intro, History, Display Formats, Design |
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| 1 |
8/24/2021 |
Introduction. World Wide What? A history, why study PL for web? |
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| 2 |
8/26/2021 |
A Brief History, Networks, and HTTP |
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| 3 |
8/31/2021 |
What is the web software model? |
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| 4 |
9/2/2021 |
What is important to consider when designing a website? |
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| 5 |
9/7/2021 |
Design (II). Introduction to HTML. How did we get here? |
HW1 Out |
| 6 |
9/9/2021 |
HTML Features, Designing HTML with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). |
Sprint 1 Due (Proposal) |
| 7 |
9/14/2021 |
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Responsive Design |
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| 8 |
9/16/2021 |
Extending CSS: Frameworks (Bootstrap), Scripting (LESS, SCSS) |
Friday: HW1 Due, HW2 Out |
| 9 |
9/21/2021 |
Frameworks and Languages: Bootstrap Example, LESS, Markdown |
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Server-side Processing |
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| 10 |
9/23/2021 |
XML; Server-side processing, a history (CGI, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Python) |
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| 11 |
9/28/2021 |
Introduction to PHP |
HW2 Due, HW3 Out |
| 12 |
9/30/2021 |
PHP arrays, handling forms, input validation, and Regular Expressions |
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| 13 |
10/5/2021 |
Server-side data: Processing files (CSV, JSON) |
Sprint 2 Due (HTML/CSS) |
| 14 |
10/7/2021 |
Server-side data: Processing files (XML), databases, APIs |
Friday: HW3 Due |
| - |
10/12/2021 |
Fall Reading Days |
HW4 Out |
| 15 |
10/14/2021 |
Databases continued, state in PHP with URL rewriting, cookies |
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| 16 |
10/19/2021 |
Cookies, cont; Session handling in PHP with $_SESSION |
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| 17 |
10/21/2021 |
Object-oriented PHP and Front Controller Design |
HW4 Due, HW5 Out |
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Client-Side Processing |
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| 18 |
10/26/2021 |
Client-side scripting: Introduction to Javascript |
Sprint 3 Due (Server) |
| 19 |
10/28/2021 |
Javascript: arrays, functions, and objects |
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| 20 |
11/2/2021 |
Javascript: DOM, events, and forms |
HW5 Due (Wed), HW6 Out |
| 21 |
11/4/2021 |
JavaScript: DOM, events, local storage |
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| 22 |
11/9/2021 |
AJAX asynchronous calls with PHP and JSON; JQuery |
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Client-side Frameworks |
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| 23 |
11/11/2021 |
JQuery, TypeScript, frameworks (intro) |
HW6 Due, HW7 Out |
| 24 |
11/16/2021 |
JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks: Angular |
Sprint 4 Due (Client JS) |
| 25 |
11/18/2021 |
Angular: Forms, Data Binding |
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| 26 |
11/23/2021 |
Angular: HttpClient and Services |
HW7 Due |
| - |
11/25/2021 |
Thanksgiving |
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| 27 |
11/30/2021 |
Project Presentations / Showcase (day 1) |
Sprint 5 Due (Review internal deadlines) |
| 28 |
12/2/2021 |
Project Presentations / Showcase (day 2) |
Sprint 5 Code Submission due (Friday 12/3) |
| 29 |
12/7/2021 |
What does the future of programming languages for the web look like? |
Sprint 5 Project Demos with TAs |
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12/14/2021 |
2-5pm: Final Exam |
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