CSE2WD: Web Development 2009

Unit Overview

Students in this unit are introduced to the basic concepts needed for the development of html documents and client-side scripting for the World Wide Web.

This unit concentrates on the development of Web pages and specifically on the client side (browser) aspects of the server/client relationship between a web server and client browser.

Students are introduced to basic concepts necessary for the development of interactive documents for the World Wide Web. Effective use of XHTML, cascading style sheets (CSS) and Javascript to construct accessible, validated web pages will be emphasised in this subject such that the resultant documents will be viewable by the largest possible audience without the need for specific browsers or plugins. Emphasis is placed on separating content from presentation.

Server side issues are covered in depth in the unit CSE2WE: Web Engineering

XML issues are covered in CSE3WS: Web Services

Note: this subject is not delivered as a web assisted subject. The material available from these links is meant to supplement the lectures and is in no way meant to replace attendance at lectures. Each tutorial sessions is a practical reinforcement of theory taught in the preceding lecture. The tutorial work is designed to provide suffficient background to prepare each student for assignment work.

Schedule for Semester One 2009 - subject to change

Lecture #	Date	Topic
01	2/3	Introduction
02	5/3	5 March Lecture
03	9/3	9 March Lecture
04	12/3	HTML Basics
05	16/3	HTML Lists and Tables
06	19/3	HTML images
07	23/3	HTML Frame sets 23 March - HTML Frame demo
08	26/3	Introduction to CSS
09	30/3	CSS webnotes #1
10	2/3	CSS webnotes #2
11	6/4	CSS webnotes #3
12	9/4	Using 'float' for layout
13	20/4	Introduction to Javascript
14	23/4	powerpoint slides
15	27/4	HTML Forms powerpoint slides
16	30/4	Assignment Discussion
17	4/5	Class cancelled due to illness
18	7/5	JS Functions
19	11/5	JS Arrays and Image Objects text powerpoint slides
20	14/5	Working with Objects text powerpoint slides Javascript Date Object CSS and DHTML
21	18/5	Form Processing Tabbed Menu
22	21/5	JS Cookies cookies.pdf
23	25/5	DOM Window ppt DOM Window notes Code sample 1 demo from textbook Gecko DOM Reference
24	28/5	Date Object Sample Code
25	1/6	Accessiblity
26	4/6	Revision

Tutorial / Lab Exercises

2 March & 5 March Tutorial (X)HTML
9 & 12 March (X)HTML
16 March (X)HTML: URLs & character entity refs
16 March (X)HTML: Tables
19 March (X)HTML: Images
26 March CSS
30 March CSS
2 April CSS
6 April CSS positioning and visibility
20-23 April Javascript
27 April Javascript
11 May (TextBook-chapter 3) Javascript
14 May (TextBook-chapter 4) Javascript
Event handling Javascript

References /Resources

Assignments

Assignment One Due Date 21 May 2009
Assignment Two Due Date 8 June 2009

There are two assignments during the semester and one two hour examination at the end of the semester. To gain a pass in this subject, you must attain a minimum of 50% for the combined total of assignments and examination. You must also achieve a minimum of 40% on the exam.

Assessment Method	Value
Practical Assignments (2 x 20%)	40%
Examination (2 hours)	60%
TOTAL	100%

Assignment	Assignment Due Date	Value
1	5pm, 21^st May 2009	20%
2	5pm, 8^th June 2009	20%

Plagiarism Policy

Assignment submissions must be the student's own work, or the group's own work when submitting a group assignment. While it is acceptable (and indeed desirable) that students work together on tutorial problems and exercises, when it comes to an assessable task, such as an assignment, the student (or group) should work alone. Any assistance received must be suitably acknowledged in the text of the submission. Unacknowledged assistance is plagiarism, as is the copying of another's work, in part or whole. Evidence of plagiarism will generally result in a mark of zero for that item of assessment (for all concerned), and more severe penalties, through the University Discipline Regulations, for repeated offences. So that it is clear that students are aware of these provisions, all submissions must be accompanied by a signed statement of authorship, on the form available from the Faculty office. Assignments will not be accepted without the statement.

You need to be aware of the Univerity's policy on plagiarism.

TimeTable

Unit Code	Session	Day	Start	Finish	Location
CSE2WD sem1 2009	Lectures	Monday	16:05	16:55	B2.05
	Lectures	Thursday	10:05	10:55	B2.15
	Tutorials/Labs	Monday	17:05	17:55	B1.11
	Tutorials/Labs	Thursday	11:05	11:55	B1.11