Course Syllabus
Syllabus
Course Information
- Fundamentals of Website Development
- Division of Continuing Education - Extension: (15078)
- Term: Fall 2022
- Course Instructor(s): David P. Heitmeyer AM, Director of Academic Platforms and Development, Harvard University Information Technology
- Location: Online and on-demand.
- Meeting Time: Wednesday 08:10 PM - 10:10 PM
- Course Description: This course provides a comprehensive overview of website development. Students explore the prevailing vocabulary, tools, and standards used in the field and learn how the various facets including HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, multimedia, scripting languages, HTTP, clients, servers, and databases function together in today's web environment. The course provides a solid web development foundation, focusing on content and client-side (browser) components (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, multimedia), with an overview of the server-side technologies. In addition, software and services that are easily incorporated into a website (for example, maps, checkout, blogs, content management) are surveyed and discussed. Students produce an interactive website on the topic of their choice for the final project and leave the course prepared for more advanced and focused web development studies.
Prerequisites: Basic familiarity working with computers, including file management. - Notes: Online (live or on demand) web conference.
Optional sections to be arranged.
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
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