Web Application
Development II
(IT3505)
Dr Damitha D Karunaratna
Agenda
Main objectives of the course
Prerequisites
Recommended Reading Material
Syllabus
LMS Content
Final Examination
Main objectives of the course
Provide knowledge and skills essen
ssential for the development of real-
world web applications.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
After successful completion of this module students will be able to:
Describe the fundamental and advanced concepts of PHP
Describe the MVC architecture
Employee PHP frameworks to create web applications
Employ Advanced features of client-sid
side programming using JavaScript and
Ajax to add interactivity to web pages
Employee JavaScript libraries in web pages
Prerequisites
1) Knowledge in Programming Languages and Programming.
◦ Semester II - Programming I (IT2205)
2) Knowledge in Web Application Development. (HTML)
• Semester I - Web Application Development I (IT2205)
3) Knowledge in Databases and SQL
• Semester II – Database Systems I (IT2305)
4) Object Oriented Programming
• Semester III – Object Oriented Analysis and Design(IT3105)
Recommended Reading Material
1) PHP,, MySQL, JavaScript & HTML5 All-in-One
All For Dummies , John
Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2013
2) HTML 5 Black Book , Kogent Learning Solutions Inc ,2011
3) Useful links to a number of websites
◦ http://www.w3schools.com
Syllabus
opic Hours
erver Side Web Development (PHP & MySql) 30
undamentals of Asynchronous JavaScript and XML 10
AJAX)
dvanced Client Side Development 15
ntroduction to Information Security 05
otal 60
Server Side Web Development
(30 Hours)
a typical
application
.
Server Side Web Development
(30 Hours) ……
Several different languages can be used for server
side application
◦Main
Main Emphasis is on PHP (Hypertext
( Preprocessor )
◦How
How PHP scripts can be used to build stand-along
stand
applications
◦How PHP scripts can be eembedded in HTML pages
PHP Programming
Structure of a PHP script
Comments
Variables and Constants, Scope of variables
Control Structures
If .. else
Nested if ..else
Switch
While
do .. While
for
Functions
Data structures – Strings,Arrays
OO Programming with PHP
Structure of a class
Class attributes and methods
Constructors and Destructors
Static attributes/methods
Class constants
How to extend classes(class inheritance)
Creating class objects
Building applications by using classes
Form processing with PHP
How a HTML form can send data to the server?
POST
GET
PHP Global variables
$_POST
$_GET
PHP programming
Session control and Cookies.
PHP data input-output
output mechanisms
echo, print
Reading and writing data to files
File system management
Working with MySQL Database
Typical steps to be taken in a PHP script to manage data in a
Database.
How to use the PHP library mysqli
How to establish a connection to a MySQL database server.
How to execute a SQL query over a MySQL database.
How to process the result of a SQL query.
PHP Frameworks and Web Services
Why you need a Framework
How a Framework is different from software libraries.
Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern.
How PHP applications can be developed by using CodeIgniter
Framework (version 2.2)
How to build Web Services by using PHP
Advanced Client Si
Side Development (
Section 2 and 3)
XML
DOM (Document Object Model)
How JavaScipts can be used in HTML pages
How to get and set values of DOM objects.
How eventListeners can be linked with DOM objects.
Advantages in using AJAX
How AJAX can be used in a web application
AJAX libraries – jQuery
Building single page applications (eg
eg. Facebook)
Introduction to Information Security
(Section 4)
No questions from this section at the final examination
LMS Content
Provides only a guideline
PowerPoint slides on section 1
Few PowerPoint slides on section 3
References to relevant pages
es in the recommended reading.
Final Examination
Held at the end of the semester.
Two hour question paper.
Final Paper comprises of two parts.
First Part – 20 MCQs
Second Part – 4 Structured Questions
