Credit Hours:

3.0

Course Description:

This course is an introduction to techniques and tools for designing server side web applications. Topics covered include web applications flow, object oriented programming, design of classes, dynamic content, scripting languages, implicit objects, and database accessing. Students will be expected to apply these concepts in the development of a website.

Prerequisites:

CS-207 Programming II (A grade of C or higher is required) and CS-300 Client Side Web Development (A grade of C or higher is required)

Class Time:

Thursdays 7:05 p.m. - 8:20 p.m. (required attendance)
Engageli link posted on D2L.

Class Delivery Methodology:

Hybrid online, flipped active learning model. What is a flipped active learning model? A "pedagogical approach in which direct instruction moves from the group learning space to the individual learning space, and the resulting group space is transformed into a dynamic, interactive learning environment where the educator guides students as they apply concepts and engage creatively in the subject matter." (The Flipped Learning Network, 2014). This means that students are expected to read and watch the course materials prior to attending the online sessions. Online sessions will be used for active and problem-based learning activities that allow students to engage in higher cognitive levels of learning with peers and their instructor present.

Instructor:

Rachel Trana

Office Hours:

Mondays, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Wednesdays, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Thursdays, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Zoom office hours links available on D2L

Email:

r-trana@neiu.edu
All course-related questions should be posted on the Slack workspace.

Required Text:

Introduction to Java Spring Boot: Learning by Coding. AJ Henley Jr, Dave Wolf, Afua Ankomah, Jennifer Lee, and Victor Phimphachanh, 2019. ($14.95, print only). Find on Amazon.

Beginning Spring 5: From Novice to Professional. Joseph B. Ottinger and Andrew Lombardi, 2019. ($16.19 - ebook, $21.99 - print) Find on Amazon.

Suggested Texts:

Java SE 11 Documentation
Bootstrap Documentation
GitHub Documentation

Websites:

Grades, Homework Submissions: D2L
Discussion Forum: Slack (link available on D2L)
Course Lectures, Homework Assignments: https://racheltrana.com/

• Gain experience with the following: Application of procedural and object-oriented programming languages used for the development of server-side web applications (e.g., C#, Java, Python, PHP), web development frameworks (e.g. ASP.NET, Spring, Rails), web application related database servers (e.g. MS SQL Server, MySQL).
• Apply sound techniques toward designing, developing, and documenting well-structured server-side web applications based upon well-founded software engineering principles and patterns.
• Develop a structured approach toward writing server-side code that allows a web application to exchange data between a web server and a database server.
• Explore advanced server-side web application topics relating to security, including identity, validation, navigation, membership and authentication.
• Be exposed to additional technologies related to building robust, user-friendly server-side applications (e.g. AngularJS, Bootstrap).

• Database integration
• Object-oriented model creation and class design
• Event handling
• Server-side site navigation
• Server-side data validation
• Comprehensive exception handling

Note: The above list of topics is not necessarily fully inclusive of all the topics that will be covered in this course.

Assignments:

Homework will be assigned frequently, posted online and is worth 30% of the final grade. While assignment deadlines are flexible, all assignments must be submitted to GitHub or D2L (pending assignment) by the specified final due date and time (usually before exams). Homework assignments are graded as Pass/Fail (i.e. 0 vs 1 pts). To get Pass credit, the assignment must pass all GitHub tests and coding checks. Plagiarism is strictly not tolerated.

Quizzes:

There will be multiple online (D2L) open-book quizzes throughout the quarter, designed to reinforce core concepts worth a total of 15% of the final grade. These quizzes must be completed prior to the specified class meeting time.

Content Assessments:

There are two ways to earn assessment credit, worth a total of 20% of the final grade. As this is a remote hybrid course, the primary way to earn assessment credit is through in-class pair programming (1%) and an associated Google form for feedback/assessment. This primary form of assessment credit can be supplemented using with Slack content question answering (0.5%) - limited to 1 question per student per week.

Final Project:

A final project will be assigned and is worth 35% of the final grade. Project topics are chosen by students and will be developed from the beginning of the semester. The final project will incorporate the topics presented in class. Students should work individually on their project and code must be hosted in GitHub.

Important Dates:

Monday, January 18, 2021: Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday - No Classes, Office Hours
Friday, February 12, 2021: Lincoln's Birthday - No Classes
Monday, March 15, 2021 - Sunday, March 22, 2021: Spring Recess - No Classes
Friday, April 2, 2021: Last day to drop with a W

Week 1 (01/14/21):

Course Expectations and Logistics, Engageli, IDEs - JetBrains Toolbox, IntelliJ, etc., GitHub, Picking your project topic

Week 2 (01/21/21):

OOP Review and Spring Basics, Interfaces and interface inheritance, Review of Java best practices, History of Spring/J2EE, Dependency Injection, Spring terminology

Week 3 (01/28/21):

What are HTTP requests and responses, Servlets - DispatcherServlet, MVC, ModelAndView vs ModelAttributes vs Views, ViewResolver, Scope, Annotations

Week 4 (02/04/21):

What is Spring Boot?, Creating a basic web app, Serving static content in Spring Boot

Week 5 (02/11/21):

Thymeleaf, Views, View templates, Reusability with Thymeleafe page fragments

Week 6 (02/18/21):

Catch-up!

Week 7 (02/25/21):

Bootstrap, CDNS vs Local Installation, Bootstrap Grid System, Bootstrap Navigation

Week 8 (03/04/21):

Data, Part I, Persistence/JPA, Spring Data JPA • Creating/Reading

Week 9 (03/11/21):

Data, Part II, Edit, Delete

Week 10 (03/18/21):

Spring Recess

Week 11 (03/25/21):

Users and Security, Part I, Basic Security, Custom Login Page, Roles

Week 12 (04/01/21):

Users and Security, Part II, DB Authentication, Persistence, Registration

Week 13 (04/08/21):

Error Pages and Cloudinary, Creating custom error pages, Uploading images with Cloudinary.

Week 14 (04/15/21):

Deployment, Heroku

Week 15 (04/22/21):

Work on Projects

Week 16 (04/29/21):

Projects due, 9:00 p.m. on 04/29/21

Academic Integrity Policy:

By enrolling in this course, you are bound by the NEIU Student Code of Conduct. You will be informed by your instructor of any additional policy specific to your course regarding plagiarism, class disruptions, etc.

Cheating:

Cheating is a serious academic offense and violates the NEIU Student Code of Conduct (see University Policies below). All students will be required to turn off their electronic devices (phone, smart watches, etc) at the beginning of each exam. Failure to do so and/or any involvement in or suspicion of cheating will result in a failing grade for the final exam (and the course). Additionally, students involved in cheating will be reported for academic misconduct to the Dean of Students (two reports can result in expulsion from the university).

ADA Statement:

Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in making reasonable accommodations for qualified students with disabilities. To request accom- modations, students with special needs should make arrangements with the Student Disability Services (SDS) office, located on the main campus in room D104. Contact SDS via (773) 442-4595 or SDS online. It is your responsibility to have the Accessibility Center send me this information by the 3rd week of the semester.

Campus Safety:

Web links to Campus Safety: Emergency Procedures and Safety Information can be found on NEIUport on the MyNEIU tab or via the University Police Page on NEIU's website.

General Policies:

Because quizzes are online and open-book/note, no make-up quizzes will be given. However, one quiz will be dropped.

Cheating and/or plagiarism will not be tolerated. Students that violate the NEIU academic conduct policy may be subject to an F for that assignment, quiz, exam, project or any portion (or all) of the final course grade

Syllabus topics/content for this course may be changed/updated as deemed appropriate or necessary by the instructor.

Policies may be modified or added as deemed appropriate or necessary by the instructor.