COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
SEN4422 | Scripting Languages | Fall | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi PINAR BÖLÜK |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | The study of scripting languages and their applications introduces the student to new ways of programming, and leads on to the area of component-based software, a technology of great importance to the next generation of software systems. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Describe the nature of scripting languages in general 2. Analyze software modeling of real world problems to develop solutions based on scripting and database systems 3. Define and describe HTML Document Object Model and client scripting using JavaScript 4. Analyze server side programming using PHP 5. Analyze other server side scripting languages such as Perl, Python 6. Analyze CSS and XSLT 7. Analyze database driven web applications 8. Describe web servers technology and Apache configuration essentials 9. Define and develop AJAX applications and understand how different AJAX applications are from traditional web applications |
Introduction to Scripting Languages; Web scripting Essentials & anatomy of the web applications; Markup languages and a quick HTML tutorial; Adding interactivity to web pages; Javascript essentials; CSS, XML & XSLT; A quick introduction to PHP; MySQL basics; Introducing AJAX; JSON; Server Technologies : Configuring Apache Web Server |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to Scripting Languages | |
2) | Web scripting Essentials & anatomy of the web applications | |
3) | Markup languages and a quick HTML tutorial | |
4) | Adding interactivity to web pages, Javascript essentials | |
5) | CSS, XML & XSLT | |
6) | A quick introduction to PHP | |
7) | PHP Language properties and constructions | |
8) | PHP / Midterm I | |
9) | PHP Variables, globals, syntax, Loops, decisions, functions/methods, arrays, files, strings etc. | |
10) | Object Oriented PHP; MySQL basics and developing database driven PHP applications | |
11) | AJAX Fundamentals | |
12) | AJAX / Midterm II | |
13) | JQuery; JSON | |
14) | Server Technologies : Configuring Apache Web Server |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Steven A. Gabarro, “Web Application Design and Implementation”, Wiley, ISBN: 0-471-77391-3 |
References: | Online resources, manuals |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Laboratory | 1 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | % 10 |
Project | 1 | % 20 |
Midterms | 2 | % 20 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 2 | 32 |
Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Project | 1 | 24 | 24 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | 5 | 10 |
Midterms | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Final | 1 | 6 | 6 |
Total Workload | 126 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field. | |
2) | Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field. | |
3) | Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes. | |
4) | Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills. | |
5) | Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually. | |
6) | Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems. | |
7) | Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field. | |
8) | Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives. | |
9) | Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels. | |
10) | Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field. | |
11) | Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project. | |
12) | Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project. | |
13) | Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work. | |
14) | Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works. | 3 |