Course Syllabus

SDEV 305 - Web Development Frameworks

Fall 2020 (Item #5603)

Course Information

• Meeting times: Hybrid/Virtual MW 9-10:50am
• Location: Zoom (password: learn)
• Credits: 5
• Prerequisite: Admission into BAS-Software Dev or instructor permission

Instructor Information

• Name: Tina Ostrander
• Email: tostrander@greenriver.edu 
• Office Hours, by appointment. Email me with 2-3 times that you are available.
• I will reply to emails within one business day. If you haven't heard back by then, please try again in case my spam folder ate your message!

Course Format

This course will meet via Zoom during the scheduled class times. Please be present if at all possible. Class meetings will be recorded in case you are unable to attend in person. There is an additional online component to the course.

Course Description and Outcomes

Students form software development teams and build a responsive database-driven web application. Focus on understanding and integrating the various technology components of modern web applications. Survey of security practices in the web technology stack.

This is a project based class. Overall, you should expect to spend about 10 hours per week outside of class working on your project and completing class assignments.

At the end of the course, you should be able to:

• Hand code a series of static web pages using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
• Use front-end frameworks, such as jQuery and Bootstrap.
• Write server-side scripts in PHP to communicate with a database using Structured Query Language (SQL) and programatically generate front-end pages.
• Work in a Scrum team to produce a database-driven web application from start to finish, and participate in sprint planning meetings, stand-up meetings, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Implement the appropriate measures to ensure that your web application is secure
• Deploy a web application to a commercial host and/or cloud service provider.

Program Outcomes

• Develop stable, robust, secure, and efficient code following best practices in database design and software construction.
• Communicate with technical and non-technical project stakeholders, and within project teams.
• Apply Agile practices such as maintaining a product backlog, planning sprints, participating in sprint reviews and retrospectives.
• Perform software quality assurance activities throughout the entire software lifecycle.
• Write technical documentation to support software lifecycle activities.

Campus Learning Outcomes

• Critical Thinking: Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning: Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

Course Resources

Required Textbook

• Ullman, PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites, 5th edition

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Course Policies

Late Work

All assignments are posted well in advance, so be sure to get an early start! Late assignments will be accepted up to one week after the due date, and will receive 50% credit. Pair programs may be turned in within one week of the due date without penalty.

Attendance

Regular attendance and participation are required to succeed in this course. Absences have a huge impact on your team productivity, as well as your individual learning. If missing a class is unavoidable, you are responsible for watching the video, and communicating with your teammates.

Team Contribution

All team members are expected to contribute their fair share to the class project. In most cases, everyone will receive the same project points. However, in the rare case that a team member does not adequately contribute to the team effort, their grade will be adjusted accordingly. An individual grade for a sprint may be different from the team grade, based on peer evaluations and instructor discretion.

To avoid any lost points, all students should strive to be productive and contributing team members.

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