Postgraduate Diploma in Internet & Web Progr. - Distance Learning

Postgraduate Diploma in Internet & Web Programming

Introduction

In the Postgraduate Diploma in Internet and Web Programming you will learn to develop websites using powerful software technologies that will enable you to build systems that can integrate Internet and web components and remote databases. You will learn to program both the "client-side" and "server-side" of web programming.

For the client side programming you will begin by learning XHTML and Cascading Style sheets (CSS). Then you will learn to program in the popular JavaScript programming language. Programming novices will find that the material in the JavaScript chapters presents a solid foundation for the deeper treatment of scripting in later in the course. After that we move onto Rich Internet Application (RIA) Developmentówhich covers XML, AJAX, Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex and Microsoft Silverlight.

The course then moves onto server side technologies such as web servers, databases and leads you through a broad range of server side technologies including PHP, Ruby on Rails, ASP.NET, ASP.NET Ajax and JavaServer Faces (JSF) all of which are used to build the robust server side of web-based applications. These portions of applications typically run on "heavy-duty" computer systems on which organizationsí business-critical websites reside. By mastering the technologies in these courses, youíll be able to build substantial web-based, client/server, database-intensive, "multitier" applications.

The course also teaches you about the most important Web concepts and trends in preparation for job interviews and the CIW Exams.

This course also covers the objectives for the following Certified Internet Web Master Exams:

• CIW Internet Business Associate
• CIW Site Development Associate
• CIW Web Design Specialist (Formerly CIW Site Designer)
• CIW JavaScript Specialist
• CIW Database Specialist

Course Content

Introduction to Computers and the Internet

Computer Organization, Machine Languages, Assembly Languages and High-Level Languages, History of the Internet and World Wide Web, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web, Personal, Distributed and Client/Server Computing, Hardware Trends, Object Technology, JavaScript: Object-Based Scripting for the Web, Browser Portability, C, C++ and Java, BASIC, Visual Basic, Visual C++, C# and .NET, Software Technologies.

Web Browser Basics: Internet Explorer and Firefox

Introduction to the Internet Explorer and Firefox Web Browsers, Connecting to the Internet, Internet Explorer and Firefox Features, Customizing Browser Settings, Searching the Internet, Keeping Track of Your Favorite Sites, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Online Help, Other Web Browsers.

Understanding Web 2.0

What Is Web?, Search, Content Networks, User-Generated Content, Blogging, Social Networking, Social Media, Tagging, Social Bookmarking, Software Development, Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), Web Services, Mashups, Widgets and Gadgets, Location-Based Services, XML, RSS, Atom, JSON and VoIP, Web Monetization Models, Web Business Models, Future of the Web, Where to Go for More Web, Information, Web Bibliography, Web Glossary.

Introduction to XHTML

Editing XHTML , First XHTML Example, W3C XHTML Validation Service, Headings, Linking, Images, Special Characters and Horizontal Rules, Lists, Tables, Forms, Internal Linking, meta Elements.

Cascading Style Sheets(CSS)

Inline Styles, Embedded Style Sheets, Conflicting Styles, Linking External Style Sheets, Positioning, Elements, Backgrounds, Element Dimensions, Box Model and Text Flow, Media Types, Building a CSS Drop-Down Menu,User Style Sheets, CSS 3.

JavaScript: Introduction to Scripting

Simple Program: Displaying a Line of Text in a Web Page, Modifying Our First Program, Obtaining User Input with prompt Dialogs, Dynamic Web Page, Adding Integers, Memory Concepts, Arithmetic, Decision Making: Equality and Relational Operators.

JavaScript: Control Statements I

Algorithms, Pseudocode, Control Structures, if Selection Statement, ifÖelse Selection Statement, while Repetition Statement, Formulating Algorithms: Counter-Controlled Repetition, Formulating Algorithms: Sentinel-Controlled Repetition, Formulating Algorithms: Nested Control Statements, Assignment Operators, Increment and Decrement Operators.

JavaScript: Control Statements II

Essentials of Counter-Controlled Repetition, for Repetition Statement, Examples Using the for Statement switch Multiple-Selection Statement, doÖwhile Repetition Statement, break and continue Statements, Labeled break and continue Statements, Logical Operators, Summary of Structured Programming.

JavaScript: Functions

Program Modules in JavaScript, Programmer-Defined Functions, Function Definitions, Random Number Generation, Example: Game of Chance, Another Example: Random Image Generator, Scope Rules, JavaScript Global Functions, Recursion, Recursion vs. Iteration.

JavaScript: Arrays

Arrays, Declaring and Allocating Arrays, Examples Using Arrays, Random Image Generator Using Arrays, References and Reference Parameters, Passing Arrays to Functions, Sorting Arrays, Searching Arrays: Linear Search and Binary Search, Multidimensional Arrays, Building an Online Quiz.

JavaScript: Objects

Introduction to Object Technology, Math Object, String Object, Fundamentals of Characters and Strings, Methods of the String Object, Character-Processing Methods, Searching Methods, Splitting Strings and Obtaining Substrings, XHTML Markup Methods, Date Object, Boolean and Number Objects, document Object, window Object, Using Cookies, Using JSON to Represent Objects.

Document Object Model (DOM):Objects and Collections

Introduction, Modeling a Document: DOM Nodes and Trees, Traversing and Modifying a DOM Tree, DOM Collections, Dynamic Styles, Summary of the DOM Objects and Collections.

JavaScript: Events

Registering Event Handlers, Event onload, Event onmousemove, the event Object and this Rollovers with onmouseover and onmouseout, FormProcessing with onfocus and onblur, More FormProcessing with onsubmit and onreset, Event Bubbling, More Events.

XML and RSS

XML Basics, Structuring Data, XML Namespaces, Document Type Definitions (DTDs), W3C XML Schema Documents, XML Vocabularies, MathML and Other Markup Languages, Extensible Stylesheet Language and XSL Transformations, Document Object Model (DOM).

Ajax-Enabled Rich Internet Applications

Traditional Web Applications vs. Ajax Applications, Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) with Ajax, History of Ajax, ìRawî Ajax Example Using the XMLHttpRequest Object, Using XML and the DOM, Creating a Full-Scale Ajax-Enabled Application, Dojo Toolkit.

Adobe Flash

Flash Movie Development, Learning Flash with Hands-On Examples, Creating a Shape with the Oval Tool, Adding Text to a Button, Converting a Shape into a Symbol, Editing Button Symbols, Adding Keyframes, Adding Sound to a Button, Verifying Changes with Test Movie, Adding Layers to a Movie, Animating Text with Tweening, Adding a Text Field, Adding ActionScript, Publishing Your Flash Movie, Creating Special Effects with Flash, Importing and Manipulating Bitmaps, Creating an Advertisement Banner with Masking, Adding Online Help to Forms, Creating a Website Splash Screen, ActionScript.

Adobe Flash: Building an Interactive Game

Object-Oriented Programming, Objects in Flash, Cannon Game: Preliminary Instructions and Notes, Adding a Start Button, Creating Moving Objects, Adding the Rotating Cannon, Adding the Cannonball, Adding Sound and Text Objects to the Movie, Adding the Time Counter, Detecting a Miss, Adding Collision Detection, Finishing the Game.

Adobe Flex and Rich Internet Applications

Flex Platform Overview, Creating a Simple User Interface, Accessing XML Data from Your Application, Interacting with Server-Side Applications, Customizing Your User Interface, Creating Charts and Graphs, Connection-Independent RIAs on the Desktop: Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR)

Microsoft Silverlight and Rich Internet Applications

Platform Overview, Silverlight Installation and Overview, Creating a Movie Viewer for Silverlight, Creating a User Interface In XAML Using Expression Blend, Using Storyboards, Creating Controls, Using JavaScript for Event Handling and DOM Manipulation, Embedding Silverlight in HTML, Silverlight Streaming, Silverlight Installation and Overview, Creating a Cover Viewer for Silverlight Alpha, Building an Application with Third-Party Controls, Consuming a Web Service, Silverlight Demos.

Adobe Dreamweaver

Introduction, Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Text Styles, Images and Links, Symbols and Lines, Tables, Forms, Scripting in Dreamweaver, Spry Framework for Creating Ajax Applications, Site Management.

Web Servers (IIS and Apache

Introduction, HTTP Transactions, Multitier Application Architecture, Client-Side Scripting versus Server Side Scripting, Accessing Web Servers, Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), Apache HTTP Server, Requesting Documents.

Database: SQL, MySQL, ADO.NET and Java DB

Introduction, Relational Databases, Relational Database Overview: A books Database, SQL, Basic SELECT Query, WHERE Clause, ORDER BY Clause, Combining Data from Multiple Tables: INNER JOIN, INSERT Statement, UPDATE Statement, DELETE Statement, MySQL, Instructions for Installing MySQL, Instructions for Setting Up a MySQL User Account, Creating a Database in MySQL, ADO.NET Object Model,Java DB/Apache Derby.

PHP Programming

Introduction, PHP Basics, String Processing and Regular Expressions, Comparing Strings, Regular Expressions, Form Processing and Business Logic, Connecting to a Database, Using Cookies, Dynamic Content, Operator Precedence Chart.

Ruby on Rails

Introduction, Ruby, Rails Framework, ActionController and ActionView, A Database-Driven Web Application, Case Study: Message Forum, Logging In and Logging Out, Embellishing the Models, Generating Scaffold Code, ForumController and ForumViews, Message Controller and Message Views, Ajax-Enabled Rails Applications, Script.aculo.us.

ASP.NET and ASP.NET Ajax

Introduction, Creating and Running a Simple Web FormExample, Examining an ASPX File, Examining a Code-Behind File, Relationship Between an ASPX File and a Code-Behind File, How the Code in an ASP.NET Web Page Executes, Examining the XHTML Generated by an ASP.NET Application, Building an ASP.NET Web Application, Web Controls, Text and Graphics Controls, AdRotator Control, Validation Controls, Session Tracking, Cookies, Session Tracking with HttpSessionState, Case Study: Connecting to a Database in ASP.NET, Building a Web FormThat Displays Data from a Database, Modifying the Code-Behind File for the Guestbook Application, Case Study: Secure Books Database Application, Examining the Completed Secure Books Database Application, Creating the Secure Books Database Application, ASP.NET Ajax.

JavaServer Faces Web Applications

Introduction, Java Web Technologies, Servlets, JavaServer Pages, JavaServer Faces, Web Technologies in Netbeans, Creating and Running a Simple Application in Netbeans, Examining a JSP File, Examining a Page Bean File, Event-Processing Life Cycle, Relationship Between the JSP and Page Bean Files, Examining the XHTML Generated by a Java Web Application, Building a Web Application in Netbeans, JSF Components, Text and Graphics Components, Validation Using Validator Components and Custom Validators, Session Tracking, Cookies, Session Tracking with the SessionBean Object.

Ajax-Enabled JavaServer Faces Web Applications

Introduction, Accessing Databases in Web Applications, Building a Web Application That Displays Data from a Database, Modifying the Page Bean File for the AddressBook Application, Ajax-Enabled JSF Components, AutoComplete Text Field and Virtual Forms, Configuring Virtual Forms, JSP File with Virtual Forms and an AutoComplete Text Field, Providing Suggestions for an AutoComplete Text Field, Google Maps Map Viewer Component, Obtaining a Google Maps API Key, Adding a Map Viewer Component to a Page, JSP File with a Map Viewer Component, Page Bean That Displays a Map in the Map Viewer Component.

Web Services

Introduction, Java Web Services Basics, Creating, Publishing, Testing and Describing a Web Service, Creating a Web Application Project and Adding a Web, Service Class in Netbeans, Defining the HugeInteger Web Service in Netbeans, Publishing the HugeInteger Web Service from Netbeans, Testing the HugeInteger Web Service with Oracle Java System, Application Server's Tester Web page, Describing a Web Service with the Web Service, Description Language (WSDL), Consuming a Web Service, Creating a Client in Netbeans to Consume the HugeInteger, Web Service, Consuming the HugeInteger Web Service, SOAP, Session Tracking in Web Services, Creating a Blackjack Web Service, Consuming the Blackjack Web Service, Consuming a Database-Driven Web Service from a Web Application, Configuring Java DB in Netbeans and Creating the Reservation Database, Creating a Web Application to Interact with the Reservation Web Service, Passing an Object of a User-Defined Type to a Web Service, REST-Based Web Services in ASP.NET, REST-Based Web Service Functionality, Creating an ASP.NET REST-Based Web Service, Adding Data Components to a Web Service.

Methods of Training

Online Lecture Modules, Subject Expert Feedback Sessions after each Module, practical case studies, end of module assignments. etc.

Subject Experts

Full support is available from our subject experts by email at the end of each module and an ongoing basis during the course.

Who Should Apply

Anyone who wishes to develop a career in Internet & Web Programming. Selection is based on consultation. Please contact us at 01 2834579 to arrange.

Possible Careers

Computer Programmer, Software Developer, Web Developer, Software engineer, Software Test, Software Design, IT consultant.

Qualifications

Successful candidates are awarded the Postgraduate Diploma in Internet & Web Programming (PG Dip. Internet & Web.) at Pass, Credit or Distinction level. The Postgraduate Diploma is awarded by the Institute of Commercial Management.

Start Date

18 May 2012

Course Application

Application for this course is available immediately online through our Course Payments Page.

Course Duration

25 weeks to 2 calendar years depending on individual progress.

Fees

€1995.00

All course material is included in the fee. Fees are payable by credit card, debit card, bank draft/transfer, cheque or PayPal. All fees must be paid before the course starts

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