1 Semester or equivalent

36 Hours

Hawthorn

Nil

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the Graduate Certificate of Information Technology, Graduate Diploma of Information Technology, Master of Information Technology, Master of Information Technology (Professional Computing) and Master of Technology (Information Technology).

Aims & Objectives:

• describe the basic infrastructure and architecture of the Internet, including the main protocols.use tools to query parts of the Internet infrastructure including name servers, individual machines, and web sites
• list and describe contemporary Internet applications, their purpose, internal architectures, and related security, commercial and social issues
• Given a mock-up of a web page, students will be able build an implementation using appropriate content representation and layout technologies
• Given a design and mock-up, students will be able to develop simple database driven web applications using a server-side scripting language
• Given a screen shot or access to a web application, students will be able to apply appropriate techniques and principals to evaluate its usability and accessibility.

Teaching Methods:

Lecture (24 hrs), Tutorial (Labs) (12 hrs)

Assessment:

Assignments, Examination

Content:

Internet infrastructure and architecture:

• History of the internet and the World Wide Web.
• Network architecture (gateways and routers).
• The main internet protocols and standards (TCP/IP, DNS, MIME, HTTP, SSL).
• Servers on the internet (web servers, and name servers, search engines).
• Client devices including assistive, mobile, PDA's and aggregation models.

Contemporary Web Applications:

• Introduction to common web applications (browser, search, WIKI, BLOG, email, etc.).
• Social and commercial issues of contemporary web applications.
• Security concepts and issues related to web technologies.
  

Web Development:

• Developing web sites with XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript, DOM.
• Integration and appropriateness of multimedia technologies.
• Requirements for client and server side interactivity.
• Developing simple database driven application with PHP and MySQL.
  

Usability and Accessibility:

• Evaluating web sites and applications.
• Usability principals, features and tools.
• Accessibility principles, guidelines and standards.

Reading Materials:

Barksdale, K & Turner, E, HTML, JavaScript, and Advanced Internet Technologies, Course Technology, 2006. ISBN: 0-619-26627-9
Zeid, I, Mastering the Internet, XHTML and JavaScript: International Edition, 2/e, Pearson, 2004. ISBN: 013191166X