Building Dynamic Websites

Course Description

Today's websites are increasingly dynamic. Pages are no longer static HTML files but instead generated by scripts and database calls. User interfaces are more seamless, with technologies like Ajax replacing traditional page reloads. This course teaches students how to build dynamic websites with Ajax and with Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (LAMP), one of today's most popular frameworks. Students learn how to set up domain names with DNS, how to structure pages with XHTML and CSS, how to program in JavaScript and PHP, how to configure Apache and MySQL, how to design and query databases with SQL, how to use Ajax with both XML and JSON, and how to build mashups. The course explores issues of security, scalability, and cross-browser support and also discusses enterprise-level deployments of websites, including third-party hosting, virtualization, colocation in data centers, firewalling, and load-balancing.

Lectures

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   Lecture 1 - HTTP

   Professor David J. Malan discusses the use of HTTP in building dynamic websites.

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   Lecture 2 - PHP

   Professor David J. Malan discusses the use of PHP in building dynamic websites.

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   Lecture 3 - PHP (continued)

   Professor David J. Malan discusses the use of PHP in building dynamic websites.

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   Lecture 4 - XML

   Professor David J. Malan discusses the use of XML in building dynamic websites.

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   Lecture 5 - XML (continued)

   Professor David J. Malan discusses the use of XML in building dynamic websites.

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   Lecture 6 - SQL

   Professor David J. Malan discusses the use of SQL in building dynamic websites.

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   Lecture 7 - SQL (continued)

   Professor David J. Malan discusses the use of SQL in building dynamic websites.

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   Lecture 8 - JavaScript

   Professor David J. Malan discusses the use of JavaScript in building dynamic websites.

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   Lecture 9 - JavaScript (continued)

   Professor David J. Malan discusses the use of JavaScript in building dynamic websites.

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    Lecture 10 - Ajax

    Professor David J. Malan discusses the use of Ajax in building dynamic websites.

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    Lecture 11 - Ajax (continued)

    Professor David J. Malan discusses the use of Ajax in building dynamic websites.

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    Lecture 12 - Security

    Professor David J. Malan discusses security as it pertains to building dynamic websites.

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    Lecture 13 - Scalability

    Professor David J. Malan discusses scalability as it pertains to building dynamic websites.