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Course Objectives

Prerequisites

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Course Outline

Course Objectives
Programming in the context of the WWW. Introduction to TCP/IP, HTTP, CGI, and WWW architecture. Writing CGI applications in Perl. Java programming with emphasis on applets.

Prerequisites
COMP 401 or another second-level programming course.

Typical Text
Schwartz and Wall, Learning Perl
Flanagan, Java in a Nutshell
Course notes
On-line tutorials and documentation

Course Outline
Lecture topics and assignment due dates from Fall 1997 offering.

Overview
WWW Architecture
Intro to Perl
CGI/Perl tutorial
Perl Basics
Intro to O-O Programming in Java
Java Overview
CGI Project Demos
Java Things: Variables, Classes and Methods
Java AWT Contexts: Panels and Frames
Java Events
User Interface Components
Layout managers
Java I/O
Java Clients and Servers
Java Threads
Java Multimedia Resources
Java Examples
Java Project Demos