Web Programming Course

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Web Programming Course

• Lecture 0 Course Overview

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About the course

• Intended for CS undergraduates
• Combination of 2 courses Concurrent and
  Distributed Programming and Web Programming
• Either Java- or C- oriented
• This course will focus on Java programming
  technologies

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Prerequisites

• There are 3 formal prerequisites
• Object-Oriented Programming course
• Data Structures course
• Computer Organization course
• All of them are important (the first two are MUST
  prerequisites!)
• Java course is not a prerequisite (although it is
  highly beneficial)

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Course Outline

• 5 modules
• Java programming language (background)
• Concurrent programming with Java
• Distributed programming with Java
• Web programming
• Advanced topics JDBC, XML,
• Modules will be summed-up by programming
  assignments

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Java Programming Language

• Language principles and conventions
• Object-oriented programming
• GUI AWT, Swing
• Input/Output, Streams
• Files, Serialization

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Concurrent Programming

• Parallel programming
• Processes and threads
• Multi-threading
• Critical events
• Synchronization

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Distributed Programming

• Networking, protocols, HTTP
• Client/server paradigm
• Sockets
• TCP/UDP programming
• RMI

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Web Programming

• Internet fundamentals
• Client-side programming
• Server-side programming
• Cookies
• Security

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Advanced topics

• Several topics from
• SQL, transactions, JDBC
• XML, SAX, DOM
• Java Beans

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Grading

• 50 - Programming assignments
• 50 - Final exam
• Homeworks
• Will not be easy
• Will be submitted in pairs (not in 8s!)
• Will be checked by an exercise checker
• Both correctness and efficiency

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Course Staff

• Lectures
• Shlomo Berkovsky (slavax_at_cs.haifa.ac.il)
• Tue. 900-1200
• Office hours Tue. 1500-1600, room 562,
  Education building
• Classes
• Dan Goldwasser (dgoldwas_at_cs.haifa.ac.il)
• Mon. 1200-1400, Tue. 1800-2000, Thu.
  1600-1800
• Office hours TBA

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Student responsibility

• Attend class regularly and on time
• Initiate and participate in class discussion
• Ask questions
• Come to office hours
• Hand in exercises on time and in the proper
  format
• Do YOUR OWN work.
• Try to enjoy the course

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Staff responsibility

• Make lectures and slides that are clear.
• Illustrate abstract concepts with concrete
  examples.
• Give exercises that are interesting, challenging,
  practical, and relevant.
• Make fair exams that test important concepts and
  problem-solving skills.
• Make sure the grading is prompt, accurate, and
  fair.
• Encourage questions and discussion.