Overview of Web Technology

The primary purpose of this class is to describe clearly the large range of tools, methods and techniques for constructing web sites, and provide clarity and guidance on the implications of these various tools, methods and techniques. By the end of this class you should have a good understanding of the reasons for adopting, avoiding, or making selective use of the many options open to you in building web sites of different kinds, for different purposes.

Class Outline:

1. Intro and Purpose
2. Types of Web Accounts
3. Methods for Constructing and Maintaining Web Sites
4. How Domains and Sub-domains Work, and Why You Should Care
5. HTML and XHTML
6. CSS - Cascading Style Sheets
7. Essentials of Search Engine Optimization
8. Adobe Flash
9. Flash vs. HTML, and Why It Matters
10. Graphics Formats and Why You Need to Understand Them Better
11. JavaScript
12. Scripting Languages and Their Pros & Cons: PHP, ASP, JSP, Perl, Python
13. DHTML - Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language
14. Web databases, and Their Advantages
15. AJAX, and Why It's Important
16. Common Serious Mistakes in Constructing Web Sites

Class Materials:

PDF of entire class

PowerPoint Presentation