CENTER FOR APPLIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

TOWSON UNIVERSITY

Curse No. AIT 618

Course Title: Client/Server-side Programming on the Web

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite: AIT 616

Course Description: Discussion of HTTP protocol, dynamic HTML, common gateway interface (CGI) programming, Java applets, and server-side programming. Development of information systems incorporating applications executing on a client-server system. Design and implementation of distributed information systems involving the technologies developed for the Web.

Course Objectives: Upon completion of this course students should:

1. Comprehend basic TCP/IP concepts, and more specifically, the HTTP protocol.

2. Comprehend dynamic HTML, and its capabilities and limitations.

3. Become proficient in the use of Javascript for development of dynamic HTML.

4. Understand CGI programming, and its capabilities and limitations.

5. Understand two-tier and three-tier client/server architectures.

6. Understand server architectures.

7. Understand issues involved with database connectivity.