31748 Programming on the Internet

6cp; availability: undergraduate degree students

Requisite(s): ((31488 Programming Foundations AND 31486 Data Communications) OR 32524 LANS and Routing) AND 31508 Programming Fundamentals

These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.

There are also course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.

Recommended studies: a basic knowledge of programming languages and Unix systems

This subject introduces students to the specifics of the World Wide Web and Internet-based programming. The evolution of the Internet and its technical foundation is studied as well as basic techniques for presenting data, text and pictures on the World Wide Web. The client/server paradigm is explored in detail, featuring website design and construction using HTML, DHTML (Dynamic HyperText Markup Language), XHTML, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor), MySQL (Backend Database), and JavaScript. In addition the role of XML in the transfer of data and the processing of XML data by PHP is examined.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $889.75
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,370.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

Note: The requisite information presented in this subject description covers only academic requisites. Full details of all enforced rules, covering both academic and admission requisites, are available at Access conditions and My Student Admin.