5 credits
Life in the 21st century is fast paced, and the public demands information that is expeditious, accurate, and appealingly presented. Students in this course have the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to create the types of practical, well designed, dynamic web pages that can provide people with the information they need at the pace they want. Students examine the configuration of web server software, the function of server-side programming, and the use of scripting languages. They learn about techniques for enhancing performance through examination of multi-tier locality and parallelism. They also practice methods of access control and secured transmissions in server-side programming. Students have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience through a course-long project in which they build on skills acquired in each unit to transform a static website into a fully functional, dynamic website.