Information Science
IS 1500: Introduction to Web Development
Lecture - 4 credits
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- Introduces Web development and networks.
- Discusses HTML5, CSS, and client-side scripting with JavaScript and jQuery; embedding of media: images, video, and sound; the use of back-end data (either from databases or XML) to create dynamic Web sites; Web hosting, operating systems, and network infrastructure; and the automation of website construction using content management systems.
- Considers the construction of Web forms and the underlying protocols for information exchange: HTTP and HTTPS.
- Emphasizes the need for testing both correctness and usability.
- Offers a brief introduction to server-side scripting.
- Surveys the security problems faced by dynamic websites.
- Hands-on laboratory work is built into the course.
- May be taken as a general elective by CCIS students but does not count as a CS or IS elective.
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