STCC Course Descriptions for Website Basics

Course descriptions reflect any changes made, effective Fall 2012 semester

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WEBS-328 - WEB SCRIPTING  3 credits
This course will provide students with experience in one or more scripting languages (JavaScript, CGI, Vbscript, ASP), enabling them to add interactivity to web pages and to specify communication between the server and a web page. The student will be learning the mechanics involved in building dynamic and interactive web pages. PREREQUISITES: WEBS-324 and PROG-116 or PROG-106
WEBS-424 - ADVANCED WEB AUTHORING  4 credits
This course provides a rigorous, project-based approach to website design and development. Current programming technologies and mark-up language such as HTML, DHTML, and XML will be used to create fully functioning web page collections using forms, objects and scripting. .NET technologies including ASP.NET, ADO.NET and Web Services will also be utilized. Defining and translating client needs into web pages using the most appropriate features of available web programming technologies will be highlighted. Emphasis will be placed on database connectivity and retrieving data from the database. PREREQUISITE: WEBS-328
WEBS-430 - XML AND RELATED TOPICS  4 credits
This course examines the standards, tools, and XML related languages that are making documents increasingly interchangeable, searchable, dynamic and customizable. The course introduces design application-specific markup languages using XML rules. Emphasis is placed on validating XML documents and transforming them using XSLT/Xpath or DOM programming interfaces. The XML documents are then formatted using CSS, DTD or Schemas. PREREQUISITE: WEBS-324