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  • Web Applications

    John Ousterhout

    Course Description

    Although the World-Wide Web was initially conceived as a vehicle for delivering  documents, it is now being used as a platform for sophisticated interactive applications, displacing the traditional mechanism of installable binaries. Web-based applications offer numerous advantages, such as instant access, automatic upgrades, and opportunities for collaboration on a massive scale. However, creating Web applications requires different approaches than traditional applications and involves the integration of numerous technologies. This class will introduce you to the Web technologies and give you experience creating Web applications. In the process you will learn about markup languages, scripting languages, network protocols, interactive graphics, event-driven programming, and databases, and see how they all work together to deliver exciting applications.


    I. INTRODUCTION



    II. HTML and CSS



    III. URLs and Links



    IV. The Ruby Language



    V. Rails Introduction



    VI. Introduction to SQL



    VII. Active Record



    VIII. HTTP and HTTPS



    IX. Cookies and Sessions



    X. Forms



    XI. Javascript



    XII. The Document Object Model (DOM)



    XIII. Events



    IX. AJAX



    X. Security: Network Attacks



    XI. Security: Session Attacks



    XII. Security: Isolation



    XIII. Security: Code Injection



    XIV. Security: Phishing Attacks



    XV. Large-Scale Applications



    XVI. Datacenters



    XVII. Deploying Web Applications



    XVIII. Course Wrap-Up



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