Welcome students to
ITSE 1411 -- Beginning Web Programming
ITSE 2402 -- Intermediate Web Programming
Course Prerequisites for ITSE 1411
- Please note that is a Programming Course. That means that you will be programming
the web page. In the Beginning course, you will learn programming control structures including
sequence, selection, and repetion. Additionally, you will learn to make things occur when you click a button, perform
a mouseover, make choices on a form, etc. This is called web development. This is NOT designing a web page.
Course Prerequisites for ITSE 2402
- ITSE 1411 or the equivalent course.
- This means that you have taken a course that includes learning to program using JavaScript.
This course assumes that you have a beginning knowledge of JavaScript, understand sequence, selection, and
repetition, can validate forms, are well versed in XHTML, and you have an exposure to CSS.
- This does not mean that because you are an experienced web designer, can create pages using DreamWeaver or Web Expression,
but do not know how to program that you can skip the ITSE 1411 Beginning Web Programming course. You cannot. Neither you
nor I have the time to teach you basic programming with all that you must learn in this course.
Software needs for course
- Check out Software and Tutorials
- In ITSE 1411
- Do not use Web Expression, DreamWeaver, or another drag and drop software. You need to learn the code!
- In ITSE 2402
- If you use drag and drop software, you must change the default code to be efficient (which might take more
time and knowledge than the actual hard coding of the page).
- You may wish to install WAMP or MAMP.
A PHP localhost server.
- PC Users
- Mac users
Writing valid code
- The World Wide Web Consorition (W3C)
sets standards for coding for the Internet. Their pages are invaluable. They offer a validation service
W3C validator
that helps you find your errors. The Less Than Slash Editor has a link to the validation service. You are required to
submit valid code.
Class communication (required)
- My homepage is linked to my Blackboard pages.
You are responsible for making sure that you can access Blackboard.
- Email - your ACC provided email will be used for class communication.
You must prove to me that you have accessed your ACC email. I will send email to your ACC
account. You should go into your ACC email account and bounce your mail to another email address if you choose not to use your ACC email.
- First time to use ACC student email account? Go to http://www.austincc.edu/accmail/
for instructions. And set up your account now.
- Already have an account? Go to
https://www.google.com/a/g.austincc.edu/
- If you do not anticipate checking this account, simply forward your email to another account.
- Once logged into your account, across the top bar to the right of your email address click
Settings
In the Yellow settings bar, click Forwarding and POP/IMAP
Click the radio button Forward a copy of incoming mail to
Enter the email address of your choice
Select your choice of retaining email from the drop down box
Make your selections for POP download
Click on Save Changes
- You must prove to me that you have activated your ACC email account or I will not grade your work.
Right now: Send an email message from your ACC email account
- To: jscholl@austincc.edu
- Subject: your name ACC email verification
- Body (not required)
- Your login and starting password is posted in Blackboard where you grades are posted.
(Access to the server is not allowed until just before the semester starts.
You will change your password the first time that you login to your account.) This login and password will
be used to both access your pages using http and for uploading to your site.
- If you have trouble for any reason, copy and paste the form in an email message
and email it to me at jscholl@austincc.edu
