Evergreen Summer School, 1998
2 quarter hours, first session
Tuesday evenings 6-10pm, L 1316 and GCC
Prerequisites: none

Scripting, or programming, World Wide Web sites is a burgeoning new field. The zeitgeist has created many new possibilities and pitfalls. In this class we will explore and use some of the available scripting and programming tools and protocols, with an emphasis on HTML and JavaScript (client-side programming). Simple server-side CGI/Perl programming will also be covered. Additionally, we will discuss issues relating to security and commerce, information management and study some of the trade-offs between competing protocols.

Faculty: Judy Bayard Cushing and Sylys Knackstedt

Text: <creative html design>, by Lynda Weinman, William Weinman, New Riders, 1998.
http://www.htmlbook.com

Some OnLine Refs:

• Web Authoring
      PartI
      PartII
      PartIII
• Web Authoring
      Scanning for the Web
• For the rest of Susan's Workshops, see:
      Susan Chamberlain's Workshop Outlines

Syllabus

The class will be organized into five sessions, each session with a theme, as below. To receive credit for the class, you are expected to:

• Complete the assigned reading;
• Attend class and labs regularly;
• Complete a web site project;
• Demonstrate understanding of material through participation in labs and discussion.

Tentative schedule (to be updated as we go along):

Class 1, June 23. Introduction .

• Introduction to the course, to HTML editors and to HTML;
• Reviewing web sites -- The good, the bad and the ugly.

Homework (due Class 2):

• Read Ch. 1-4, and do the exercises (if at all possible, on a computer!)
• Bring (hard and electronic copy) your proposal for your web project.
• Bring one or two images to scan (preferably one a photo of yourself)

Class 2, June 30. Images. Discussion of student projects, more HTML (linking), tiling, plus scanning and photoshop workshops. Bring something to scan and a disk!!

Homework (due Class 3): TBA

Class 3, July 7. Sound and animation.

• More discussion of student projects, more HTML (Tables and frames),
• Peter Randlette on sound; Some elementary animation.

Class 4, July 14. CGI scripts and information on the web (web databases).

• Preliminary web site reviews.

Class 5, July 21. Demos, final discussion and Farewells.

• Web Site presentations and reviews.