| Fundamentals of Website Development |
| Harvard Extension School: CSCI E-12 (21144) |
| Spring 2012 |
| David P. Heitmeyer AM, Senior Software Product Architect/Engineer, iCommons, Office of the CIO, Harvard University |
| Location: Maxwell-Dworkin G115 Meeting Time: Wednesday 5:30pm - 7:30pm |
| This course provides a comprehensive overview of website development. Students explore the prevailing vocabulary, tools, and standards used in the field and learn how the various facets including XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, multimedia, scripting languages, HTTP, clients, servers, and databases function together in today's web environment. The course provides a solid web development foundation, focusing on content and client-side (browser) components (XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, multimedia), with an overview of the server-side technologies. In addition, software and services that are easily incorporated into a website (for example, maps, checkout, blogs, content management) are surveyed and discussed. Students produce an interactive website on the topic of their choice for the final project and leave the course prepared for more advanced and focused web development studies. Prerequisite: CSCI E-1, or the equivalent experience. |
| Note: Online option available. Optional sections to be arranged. Noncredit, undergraduate, graduate credit $1,950. See http://www.extension.harvard.edu |
Fundamentals of Website Development (Spring 2012): CSCI E-12 (21144) Home
Course Information
Distance Education Survey Responses
| Response | Percent |
|---|---|
| Distance | 33% |
| Local Distance | 16% |
| Hybrid Distance | 36% |
| Not Distance | 15% |
Announcements
Final Project Screen-shots (Optional)
If you'd like to share screenshots of your final project with your classmates, or view screenshots of other students' projects, please check out the Final Project Screenshots page:
http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=cscie12-2012&pageid=icb.page499106
Optional Final Project Presentation Sign-up
On campus and online students are invited to present their final projects during class Wednesday, May 9 from 5:30-7:30. Presentations are short, generally 5-7 minutes, with a minute or two for questions afterward.
If you'd like to present, please sign-up for a time here: http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=cscie12-2012&pageid=icb.page499281
The schedule is likely to shift a bit, but it will give us an idea of who is presenting and in what order.
If you are coming to campus, presentations will be held at Maxwell Dworkin G115.
If you are joining us via Elluminate the link is:
https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2007009&password=M.4244AC8B289BA45F06D86D9A3AF936
Please plan to attend even if you aren't presenting. It's always a fun time!
Welcome
Welcome to CSCI E-12 (Fundamentals of Website Development),
Before we have our first class meeting this Wednesday, I wanted write to welcome you to the course and to bring four things to your attention:
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Syllabus and Schedule
If you haven't already had a chance, please review the syllabus and schedule (which includes recommended readings) at the course site:
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First Class Meeting Wednesday, January 25
The first class meeting of CSCI E-12 will be Wednesday, January 25, 5:30 to 7:30 pm (EST) in Maxwell-Dworkin G115. Since this course is offered "on campus" and "online," you have three options for viewing the lecture:
- On campus
- Online via the live stream (available online live during the class)
- Online via published video (available online to view on-demand within 48 hours of the lecture)
For more information about the online distance education aspect of the course, please see:
http://cscie12.dce.harvard.edu/online -
Lecture Notes
I will post lecture notes to the site the evening before class and, for this first week, will send an email to the class when they are available.
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Announcements
In future weeks, I will rely on the course site to make announcements. You can subscribe to receive email updates or use an RSS feed to help keep current on course announcements. More information about these options are available under Syllabus → Getting Course Announcements:
http://cscie12.dce.harvard.edu/stayuptodate
I'm looking forward to the upcoming term of CSCI E-12 with you.
Best,
David