CSC3530: Software Technology (Fall 2002)

My Objectives (Department Course Description) (Course Outline)

To provide a conceptual overview on different available software technologies in the Internet environment
To provide hands-on and programming opportunities on selected hot software technologies in the Internet environment
To enhance programming and project development skills through real-life Internet applications
To provide a basis for undertaking further courses or self-learning in related and/or more specific areas

This course does not provide formal training for "Software Engineering", as covered by CSC3100 or ERG3820. Students are encouraged to take ERG3820 and CSC3170 (Database), and perhaps in the future, related postgraduate programs.

I can write reference letters upon request for students of this course for job/study applications, especially if they have good results in this course. I have prepared reference letters for all students with course grade B-. Please collect it from Nelson.

Main update this year

Java only, no Perl - more time can be spent with basic Java language and OO concepts
Group project instead of large individual assignment - reduce workload and practice collaboration. Assignment 1 and 2 and actually pre-project preparation which all students must try out. Assignment 3 is XML programming based on the same database and objects.

Some notes .ppt files are large. Students are advised to use broadbrand at home for his studies in general (not just for this course).

CSC3530 Course Information
Course Page: http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~kwchiu/csc3530 Newsgroup: cuhk.cse.csc3530
Lecturer: Dr. Dickson K.W. CHIU (Ph.D., HKUST) http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~kwchiu Room HSH 1018, phone: x8436, email: kwchiu@cse.cuhk.edu.hk (24 x 7!) Office Hours: The hour after each lecture, or make appointments with me by email. Phone Consultation: Leave your phone number and question by email, and I'll call back.
TA: Mr. NG Sai Cheong, Nelson (Office Hour: TBA, Rm 1013, email: scng@cse.cuhk.edu.hk) Mr. SIA Ka Cheung, Richard (Office Hour: Thu 14:30-15:30, Rm 913, email: kcsia@cse.cuhk.edu.hk)
Lecture: MMW LT1	Mon 14:30 - 16:15 Tue 13:30 - 14:15	Tutorial: SC L5	T1: Thur 12:30-13:15 T2: Thur 13:15-14:15
References: [O] Orfali, Harkey & Edwards. Client/Server Survival Guide, 3rd Edition, Wiley 1999. [C] Chan, Lee, Dillon, Chang, E-Commerce: Fundamentals and Applications, Wiley 2001. [D] Deitel, Deitel & Nieto, XML: How To Program, Prentice Hall 2001. (To learn Java quickly or in depth, you may also use Dietel's Java: How to Program.)
Some Useful links: HTML tutorials: (do a web search for "HTML tutorial" for more stuff...): http://www.davesite.com/webstation/html/ (basic tutorial) http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/ (with some advanced stuffs) http://htmlprimer.com/ (with some advanced stuffs) http://www.webspawner.com/cc/html/alpha.htm (HTML Cross Reference) Many tutorials: http://webdevelopment.developersnetwork.com/ http://www.wdvl.com/ http://www.eborcom.com/webmaker/ Online English Dictionary: www.webster.com, www.dictionary.com My Unix and Perl course material with AVI recording (in English): http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~kwchiu/comp111s/ My Java course material: http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~kwchiu/csc1130/
Evaluation: assignments/project (40%), midterm (20%), final (40%)

Tentative Course Schedule
Week	Date	Topic/Notes	Book	Tutorial	Project/ Assignment
1	Sept 2,3	Overview (.ppt) Internet Intro (.ppt)	O1-O8	HMTL
2	Sept 9,10	*Client Server and the Internet* (.ppt) - HTML (.ppt), Server-side Technologies (.ppt), HTTP (.ppt)	O26-28 Chan	Basic Java	Web-based Inventory System (20%) (To be updated) Project Report and Demo: due Dec 23 Marking Scheme and other news
3	Sept 16,17	*OO and Java* (.ppt), Javascript, CSS, DHTML, (.ppt)	Chan, web resource	OO Concepts
4	Sept 23,24	Servlets (.ppt) CGI, Sessions, Cookies (.ppt)	Chan, web resource	Java Servlets
5	Sept 30	3-Tier Architecture (.ppt)(.ppt) Midterm Review	O1-O8	Javascript and CSS
6	Oct 7,8	Midterm (Oct 7 lecture hours) and Answers (Oct 8) (I am on conference leave)		Javascript and CSS
Midterm: (marks) (answers)			Outstanding Students: 黃嘉豪 SEM 95 陳燕群 SEM 94.5 陳英亮 SEM 92
7	Oct 15	*DB Technology and SQL* (.ppt) - skip distributed DB OO Design (.ppt) *Transaction Processing* (.ppt)	O10,11 O15-O18 Chan	SQL and database/ JDBC	Assignment 1: objects and DB for project Due: Nov 3 (5%)
8	Oct 21,22	*XML - Intro* (.ppt) *DTD, Schema, DOM, SAX* (.ppt) *XPath, XSL, etc.* (.ppt)	O28, Dietel	XML Programming
9	Oct 28,29		O21,24
10	Nov 4,5
11	Nov 11,12	*Client Server* with Distributed Objects *CORBA and COM+* (.ppt)	O22,23, 25	CORBA Examples	Assignment 2: Java Servlet testing your project (5%) Due: Nov 17
12	Nov 18,19	*Internet Security and E-commerce* (.ppt)	O7,9 D3-7	Security Examples
13	Nov 25,26	*Internet Security and E-commerce* (.ppt)	O12,13, 19,20	TBA	Group Project part B: XML Programming (10%) Due: with project
13		Final Review	O12,13, 19,20	TBA
14		*Study Break*
		Final Exam: Dec 16, 9:30-12:00 U.Gym