Web Technologies: A Computer Science Perspective, CourseSmart eTextbook

For courses in Web-based Systems [DU1] (aka Web/Internet Programming/Systems) in Computer Science, MIS, and IT departments.

 

This text introduces the key technologies that have been developed as part of the birth and maturation of the World Wide Web. It provides a consistent, in-depth treatment of technologies that are unlikely to receive detailed coverage in non-Web computer science courses. Students will find an ongoing case study that integrates a wide spectrum of Web technologies, guidance on setting up their own software environments, and a variety of exercises and project assignments.

1. Web Essentials: Clients, Servers, and Communication

2. Markup Languages: XHTML 1.0

3. Style Sheets: CSS

4. Client-Side Programming: The JavaScript Language

5. Host Objects: Browsers and the DOM

6. Server-Side Programming: Java Servlets

7. Representing Web Data: XML

8. Separating Programming and Presentation: JSP Technology

9. Web Services: JAX-RPC, WSDL, XML Schema, and SOAP

Appendices

A. Software Installation

B. Storing Java Objects as Files

C. Databases and Java Servlets

Bibliography