CSE-2041A
Net-Centric Computing
York University
Fall 2011
Class Homepage
Instructor: Parke Godfrey
Office: #2050 CSE
Office Hours: Tu 3-5pm
& by appointment / availability
Ph#: 416-736-2100 x66671
e-mail: godfrey@cse.yorku.ca
T.A.: TBA
Term: Winter 2011
Time: [Lecture] Mo, We, & Fr 11:30-12:30pm
[Lab] Tu 11:00-14:00pm
Place: [Lecture] BC #215
[Lab] CSE #1002A
Textbook: Jeffrey C. Jackson
Web Technologies: A Computer Science Perspective
Prentice Hall, 2007
ISBN-10: 0131856030
ISBN-13: 9780131856035
Class URL: http://www.cse.yorku.ca/course/2041/

Welcome to the course Net-Centric Computing, CSE-2041A, for fall term 2011. Materials, instructions, and notices for the course will accumulate here over the semester.

 
  Class Bulletin Board

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Marks on ePost.

  • Topic #10: The Next Big Shift is up.

  • For the project, people will work in teams of two (or three). Send me by Friday — 25 November — an email saying who your team is.

  • The due date for the lab report (your PB app) for Labs 4 & 5 will remain open. Keep working on the project, and submit once you are done.

 
  Materials
Syllabus

  1. About the Course
  2. Grading Criteria & Course Requirements
  3. Schedule
  4. Policies

Active Schedule

week# days topics lab Discussion readings
I. Infrastructure
#1 7 Sept.–13 Sept. Introduction
Networks 		Lab #1: Networks   Sections 1.1–1.6
#2 14 Sept.–20 Sept. Databases
  		Lab #2: Databases Topic #1:
The Web is Dead! 		 
SQL Tutorial & Another SQL Tutorial
#3 21 Sept.–27 Sept. Markup
  		Lab #3: Markup Topic #2:
Markup versus WYSIWIG 		Sections 2.3-2.7
 
II. Server-side
#4 28 Sept.–4 Oct. Web Servers
  		Test #1 Topic #3:
Design is Dead 		 
Web Server Notes
#5 5 Oct.–18 Oct. Web Apps
  		Lab #4: Webapp Topic #4:
You are being watched! 		Section 2.9
Web-App Notes
Reading Week: 8-14 Oct.
#6 19 Oct.–25 Oct. Architecture
  		Lab #5: Webapp II Topic #5
Life in the clouds 		 
Architecture Notes
III. Client-side
#7 26 Oct.–1 Nov. Client-side
CSS 		Test #2 Topic #6
ACTA 		Chapter 3
CSS Notes
#8 2 Nov.–8 Nov. JavaScript
  		Lab #6: Client-side Topic #7
Mashups 		Chapter 4 as reference &
Chapter 5
Last day to drop is 11 Nov.
#9 9 Nov.–15 Nov. DOM
  		Lab #7: Client-side II Topic #8
Dart 		 
JavaScript Notes
IV. Mobile Apps & Web Science
#10 16 Nov.–22 Nov. Mobile Apps
AJAX 		Test #3 Topic #9
PageRank 		 
Widget Notes
#11 23 Nov.–29 Nov. BB Widgets
  		Lab #8:
Widgets & Project I 		Topic #10
The Next Big Shift 		 
BB Notes
#12 30 Nov.–6 Dec. The Project
  		Project:
Widgets & Project II 		   
Project Notes

Resources

  • PRISM Accounts
    You need a Prism computer account to do the projects (#2 and onward). If you do not have one, do get one set up.

 
  Projects, Tests, etc.

  • tests
    1. Test #1 Preparation
    2. Test #2 Preparation
      • Coverage is Part II: Web servers & Webapps
      • Similar style to Test #1.
      • Open-note, open-book
    3. Test #3 Preparation
      • Coverage is Part III: CSS (style & box model), JavaScript, & DOM
      • Similar style to Tests #1 & #2.
      • Open-note, open-book
  • project