Courses in Computer Science, Roskilde University

WT: Web Technology (preliminary course description)

This course focuses on the practical use of theoretical knowledge - both about new subjects introduced in this course - and about theoretical subjects that the students should have acquired earlier. To underline this an essential part of the course has the form of a prearranged project, with weekly milestones. The students are supposed to individually complete this project, resulting in the development of a prototype of a WWW application.

Completing this course will enable the student to:

• Install, configure and maintain a Unix like operating system.
• Install, configure and maintain standard server applications on a Unix like platform.
• Perform the basic security setup of a WWW server.
• Use standard server applications to implement a client-server application.
• Design and implement a prototype of a dynamic WWW application.
• Use a programming language to implement the dynamic aspects of a WWW application.
• Design and implement a SQL based database to handle the data associated with a dynamic WWW application.
• Implement a simple data distribution using a standard XML based format.