CMPUT 404

Web Applications and Architecture

Part 01: Introduction

Created by
Abram Hindle (abram.hindle@ualberta.ca)
and Hazel Campbell (hazel.campbell@ualberta.ca).
Copyright 2014-2019.

Introduction

What are web applications?

Web Applications

A web application is graphical computer program that the user interacts with in a web browser. They often also have a server-side component that runs on a webserver.

gmail
Facebook
Twitter
Discord

Topics Covered in this Course

HTTP
Web Servers
Web Browsers
Web Services
Dynamic Webpages
Web Applications
Frameworks
TCP/IP
DNS
HTML
XHTML
CSS
Javascript
AJAX/XHR
XML
JSON
Websockets
Git/Github
Video
Audio
SVG
REST
CGI
Django
Flask
Application Web Servers
Security
Performance
Web Mining
TLS/HTTPS

Course Goals

Learn about the web from a software developer's viewpoint
Apply some of what you learned in:
- 5 Assignments
- Labs
- Course Project

Materials

eclass
git & github
Python 3
virtualenv
Web Browser
Code editor or IDE
CS Dept lab linux machines
Xubuntu VM

Approach

I consider this a software engineering class.
Thus, we are required to behave ethically as engineers.
Be civil, professional, courteous.
Help people (students, instructors, TAs) out!

Participation

I expect you to attend most classes.
I expect you to ask questions in class.
I expect you to answer questions in class.
Exercises are your participation/attendance mark.

Exercises

There will be a exercise at the beginning of most classes.
These act as your participation mark for the course.
At most the first five minutes of class.
Blank exercises do not count!

Communications

E-mail your instructor if you want to speak privately.
Publicly: discussion forum
- Ask assignment/project questions here!
- This allows everyone to see the benefit, because other students have the same questions.
Office hours: Before class

Academic Integrity

Course policies and links to the dept/university policies are on the eclass.
Using code you found online? Make sure you're allowed to use it and cite it!
Write your own code! For assignments you can talk to your fellow students but you must not share code.

License

The textual components and original images of this slide deck are placed under the Creative Commons is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Other images used under fair use and copyright their copyright holders.

License

The source code to this slide deck is:


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          Copyright (C) 2019 Hazel Victoria Campbell, Abram Hindle and contributors

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