Web Technologies

The focus in this course is on the World Wide Web as a platform for interactive applications, content publishing and social services. The development of web-based applications requires knowledge about the underlying technology and the formats and standards the web is based upon. In this course you will learn about the HTTP communication protocol, the markup languages HTML, XHTML and XML, the CSS and XSLT standards for formatting and transforming web content, interactive graphics and multimedia content on the web, client-side programming using Javascript.

Knowledge about:

• History and development of the World Wide Web and associated technologies.
• The client-server architecture of the World Wide Web and its communication protocol HTTP/HTTPS.
• Formats and languages used in modern web-pages: HTML, XHTML, CSS, XSLT, Javascript, DOM
• Programming web pages with Javascript/DOM (client)
• Good design, universal design, multi platform web applications

Skill in:

• Design and development of web-pages and web-applications
• Use of development tools

General competencies:

• Use of web technology
• Retrieval of information, use of documentation and standards

Lectures, group assignments.