| Computer Science S-12: Fundamentals of Website Development |
| Harvard Summer School: CSCI S-12 (32286) |
| Summer 2010 |
| David P. Heitmeyer, AM, Senior Software Product Architect/Engineer, iCommons, Office of the CIO, Harvard University. |
| Location: Harvard Hall 202 Meeting Time: T,Th 6:30-9:30 pm |
| 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 a topic of their choice for the final project and leave the course prepared for more advanced and focused web development studies. Prerequisite: introductory coursework in computer science, CSCI S-1, or the equivalent. |