To provide the background knowledge of computer and networked systems and the World Wide Web, and their modes of operation.
To introduce the fundamental concepts of Internet technologies, the underlying protocols and typical ways of delivering static and dynamic material from a server to a client through several different programming languages, markup languages and meta- markup languages.
Material will provide knowledge and understanding of protocols (such as ftp, ssh, http, https), web hosting servers (e.g. typical systems such as LAMP), web scripting (client side and server-side scripting).
Outline Syllabus
Introduction to networked computers and servers;
Addressing and domain names;
Internet technologies;
Internet functionalities, file transfers, operating systems;
protocols (such as ftp, ssh, http, https);
ISPs, web hosting servers (typical systems ¿ LAMP);
Web scripting (client-side and server-side) and programming languages (including HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, and reference to JavaScript, PHP, Python);
User interface design and implementation for web applications.
Examples of cloud-based services; IaaS, PaaS, SaaS.