COSC 617 - Advanced Web Development, Fall 2007

Fall 2007 - Schedule

Direct links to papers are provided wherever possible.

All references to chapters in "Thomas" refer to Agile Web Development with Rails.

All of the readings are should be completed by the date for which they are listed. Thus, Thomas Chapters 1-4 and the Boehm paper should be completed before class meets on September 11.

Some papers are available online as electronic reserves. To find these papers, click on the "docutek" link, look under courses listed by instructor for "Hochheiser" and then login. The password is my last name followed by the three digits of the course number. Once you are logged in, you can follow links to the PDF files.

Note also that we will be reading through chapters 5-13, which progressively build an online store application. As you read these chapters, you should implement, test, and run the various components that are described. This process will help reinforce the material. You will need to have a working version of the store to complete assignments 1 and 2.

Additional readings are also available.

Date	Topics, Readings, Assignments
August 28	Introduction Scope, goals, class structure Historical context and motivation Introductory discussion of key concepts Comparison with existing toolkits Development Models Review of Relational Databases, HTML and CSS Lecture Notes
September 4	Model-View-Controller, and Rails Introduction to MVC architectures Configuration vs. Convention Further introduction to Ruby & Rails Readings: Waterfall software development model Java BluePrint: Model-View-Controller Lecture Notes
September 11	Models, Databases and Object-Relational Mapping Review of relational databases Motivation for Object-Relational Mapping Active Record, Hibernate, etc. Simple Examples in Rails Readings: Thomas,Chapters 1-5 (skim chapter 1). Boehm, B.W. A spiral model of software development and enhancement IEEE Computer, May 1988, 61-72. Docutek. Presenter: Wen-Yi Chang Lecture Notes
September 18	Basics Models and Views, and Controllers Building views, models, and controllers Rails scaffolding More of the online store Readings: Lerman, C., and Victor Basili Iterative and incremental developments. a brief history IEEE Computer, June 2003. Docutek. Bell, D. UML basics: An introduction to the Unified Modeling Language Thomas, Chapter 6 Project Proposal due Presenter: Ping Kai Chen Lecture Notes
September 25	Layouts, Views, and Sessions More detail on layouts Continuing the store Readings: Thomas, Ch 7-8 Manifesto for Agile Software Development Ambler, S. Examining the Agile Manifesto Presenter: Mark Dencler Lecture Notes
October 2	Testing and Ajax Testing - unit, and functional tests Javascript DOM CSS XML-HTTP Request Readings: Testing the Rails Testing, fun? Really? McLaughlin, B. Mastering Ajax, Part 1: Introduction to Ajax Assignment 1 Due Lecture Notes
October 9	More Ajax Ajax and Rails Prototype and other tools Ajax and accessibility... Readings: Thomas, Chs 9,23 Pursnani, V. An Introduction to Java Servlet Programming A Really Easy Introduction to Servlets and JSP. Part I Presenter: Mike Burke Lecture Notes
October 16	Extending Models: Active Record Joins to foreign tables Models Forms Readings: Thomas, Ch 10, 16 Project Design Due Presenter: Joseph Gusmano Lecture Notes
October 23	More on Active Records Relationships between tables Object Life Cycle Transactions, etc. Readings: Thomas, Ch. 17-19 Coulon, X. Hibernate simplifies inheritance mapping Cengija, D. Hibernate Your Data Take-Home midterm exam distributed Presenter: Mark Mittrick Lecture Notes
October 30	Validation and Authorization Validating in active records Authentication - filters Aspect-oriented programming Readings: Thomas, Chapter 11. A look at aspect-oriented programming Take-Home midterm exam due, via email, at 5pm No presenter scheduled, due to midterm Lecture Notes
November 6	Testing and Controllers Integration Testing Performance Benchmarking Routing Readings: Thomas, Chapter 13,20 Assignment 2 due Presenter: Tim Munn Lecture Notes
November 13	More on controllers, Views Interaction with Rails Action Views Readings: Thomas, Chapters 21-22 Introduction to Web Accessibility Shneiderman, B., and Hochheiser, H. Universal usability as a stimulus to advanced interface design. Docutek. Project Progress Report Due Presenter: Ross Pearlman Lecture Notes
November 20	Email and Web Services Email Providing Web Services: SOAP, XMLRPC, etc. Accessing Web Services: flickr,yahoo, etc. Readings: Thomas, Chapters 24-25 Costello, R. Building Web Services the REST Way Gottschalk, K., Graham, S., Kreger, H., and Snell, J. Introduction to Web Services Architecture Lecture Notes
November 27	Security and Deployment Securing a web application Deployment: moving to a production web server Readings: Thomas, Chapters 26-27 Securing your Rails Application Assignment 3 Due Presenter: Lianjiang Zong Lecture Notes
December 4	Beyond Rails: Other Systems, Miscellanea J2EE, .NET, PHP Remote Objects Mobile Interfaces Readings: Rustad, A. Ruby on Rails and J2EE: Is there room for both? Farley, J. Microsoft .NET vs. J2EE: How Do They Stack Up? Jones, R. Creating Web Content for Mobile Phone Browsers, Part 1 Lecture Notes
December 11	Presentations Project Presentations
December 17	Papers Due Project Papers Due via email 5 PM

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COSC 617: Advanced Web Development

Fall 2007 - Schedule

Introduction

Model-View-Controller, and Rails

Models, Databases and Object-Relational Mapping

Basics Models and Views, and Controllers

Layouts, Views, and Sessions

Testing and Ajax

More Ajax

Extending Models: Active Record

More on Active Records

Validation and Authorization

Testing and Controllers

More on controllers, Views

Email and Web Services

Security and Deployment

Beyond Rails: Other Systems, Miscellanea

Presentations

Papers Due