Fundamentals of Web Programming

This hands-on course will teach the basics of web programming. During the course, you will build a basic web-based online store. By the end of the course you will be able to reason effectively about designs for and potential capabilities of web applications. There are no prerequisites for the course. There will be about 40 hours of work building web software outside of class.

• Check the canvas page for assignments, detailed schedule, and for information on how to get help.

Schedule

Week 1: Coding web documents with HTML and CSS

• Intro. HTML. Notes 1
• Style and CSS. Notes 2

Week 2: Javascript: coding with a programming language

• Javascript. The program counter. Variables. Functions. Notes 3
• Javascript. Data and variables. Notes 4

Week 3: Javascript: Loops, arrays and objects.

• Javascript. Loops and if-statements. Notes 5
• Javascript. Arrays and objects. The document-object model (DOM). Notes 6

Week 4: Web applications. Functions, callbacks, and user input.

• Putting it all together: store front, html, and javascript. (No lecture notes.)
• Callbacks. User input: forms. Web applications and the client-server model. Notes 8.

Week 5: The future.

• Final discussion, the future. Security, libraries and APIs, ML and AI.