CSIS-390 Web Application Development

An upper-level course where students will learn how to implement web applications that are functional, accessible, extensible and mobile-first.

Students will learn how to use...

• HTML5 and CSS3 to create web pages with good semantic structure and styled for display on mobile devices.
• JavaScript and jQuery to add animation and interactive features.
• AJAX and JSON to send/receive information dynamically from a web server.
• PHP and MySQL to create web pages dynamically from content stored in databases.
• RESTful web APIs and Node.js to build web applications using best practices.
• Friendship to make your web application dreams come true.

To be successful in this course student are required to...

• complete zyBook reading assignments and online questions/activities to prepare for lecture and labs.
• meet for lecture two hours per week to learn about concepts and examples that are not easily understood from the reading alone.
• meet for lab two hours per week to learn skills and complete activities based on the concepts covered in lecture.
• complete 5 major projects based on the concepts and skills learned in the course.
• complete a mid-term exam and a comprehensive final exam to demonstrate expert subject knowledge.
• never forget about the power of friendship.