MIS 366 Web Based Application
Course description: This course introduces the principles of designing and developing web applications for e-commerce.
Learning outcomes: By the end of the course the student will have insight into the key modern server side system ASP.NET, with a focus on the C# programming language for the development of e-commerce Web applications. In addition, the student will have an insight into key XML technologies. After completing the course, students will be expected to be able to:
- Define and describe the main requirements for an e-commerce application, along with identifying the issues involved in their design.
- Evaluate the strengths of design routes, components and tools used in the developing of the e-commerce application.
- Understand the basic of web Applications; HTML Forms as user interfaces; and client side programming with C#.
- Apply Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for providing stylistic information to Webpages.
- Understand the roles of client-side and server-side programming techniques.
- Understand database access technologies and data controls.
- Design and implement n-tier in ASP.NET.
- Understand XML technologies and their use in applications.
Recommended Reading:
- MacDonald, M., Beginning ASP.NET 4.0 in C# 2010: From Novice to Professional, Apress 2010.
- Moller, A. and Schwartzbach, M., An Introduction to XML and Web Technologies, Addison-Wesley, 2006.
Web Recourses:
- ASP.NET http://www.w3schools.com/aspnet/
- CSS http://www.w3schools.com/css/
- HTML http://www.w3schools.com/html/
- XML http://www.w3schools.com/xml/
Supplementary materials: The materials required for MIS 366 course is available in an electronic version on the MIS 366 course website. It is highly recommended that students print the required material for each class and have them available.
Grading:
- Course work (60%)
- Midterm exam - 15% (2 hours)
- Midterm lab - 10% (2 hours)
- Lab sessions - 10%
- Quizzes - 5%
- Project - 20%
- Final exam (40%) (2 hours)