SCS1203 Web Application Development

This course aims to provide an understanding of the basics of the Internet, how it originated, how it works, and how to develop and maintain Web sites using HTML editors and site management tools such as FrontPage and/or Dream weaver. The primary aim of this course is to provide a basic understanding of Internet related technologies and introductory skills in Web applications. It introduces basic Internet technologies such as DNS, email services, LDAP and the HTTP protocol. The practical part of this course introduces tools and techniques for specifying and prototyping interactive World Wide Web applications based on HTML

Course Objectives
The objectives of this course are to: 

• To introduce students to the web and internet development environment
• To enable students apply core web technologies to web application development
• To teach students to write server-side 
• To teach students to create web applications that are database driven

Expected Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course unit, the students will be able to:

• Set up a web development environment, including MSDE
• Apply core Web technologies to develop Web applications
• Author server-side applications
• Create database driven Web applications