COMP 2406 (Fundamentals of Web Applications)

Description

Introduction to Internet application development; emphasis on computer science fundamentals of technologies underlying web applications. Topics include: scripting and functional languages, language-based virtual machines, database query languages, remote procedure calls over the Internet, and performance and security concerns in modern distributed applications.

Details

• Professor: Lou Nel
• Term Taken: Fall 2017
• Programming Language: JavaScript
• Other Languages/Technologies: NodeJS, ExpressJS, HTML, CSS, MongoDB

Prerequisites

• NodeJS

Compiling & Running

• Assignment 1:
  • node app.js in /Assignment 1 (96)
  • localhost:3000/app.html in browser
• Assignment 2:
  • node pingpongserver.js in /Assignment 2 (82)
  • localhost:3000/assignment2.html in browser
• Assignment 3:
  • npm install in /Assignment 3 (100)
  • node app.js in /Assignment 3 (100)
  • localhost:3000/recipes in browser
• Assignment 4:
  • npm install in /Assignment 4 (93)
  • node recipe_file_line_reader.js in /Assignment 4 (93)/data
  • node mainserver.js in /Assignment 4(93)
  • http://localhost:3000/recipes in browser

Other

• Course Website: www.scs.carleton.ca/~comp2406
  • userid: 2406A
  • password: fall2017
• Follows similar userid/password sequence for other years taught.
• Third-party dependencies change over time quickly so please be aware that some may be deprecated.