CS530 Client/Server Computing with Java -- Fall 2008

Contents

• General information
• Course Materials
• Topic Schedule
• Assignments
• Grading
• Communication
• Lecture notes (Ask the instructor for the UserID/Passwd)

General Information

Instructor:

Jiang B. Liu, jiangbo@bradley.edu

Professor of Computer Science & Information Systems

Phone: (309) 677-2386

Prerequisites:

CS500 Java Programming and Web Design

or consent of instructor

Lecture:

9:30-12:00 pm, Friday, Br 150

Office Hours:
3:00-4:30pm, Mon, Wed; 1:30-3:00pm Tues, Thur, at BR177

or by appointment.

Course Materials

Required

• Advanced Java 2 Platform - How to Program
  by Deitel, Deitel, and Santry

Topics

This is the second course in JAVA computing for computer science and computer information systems majors and minors. The goals of the course are to provide students with a fundamental understanding of Client/Server computing architectures and the web-based application development skills in JAVA for a wide range of software applications.

Unit 1	Introduction to Client/Server Computing in Java  - Architectures, Language reviews  - Java Application/Applet - Development Tools (IBM WebSphere Studio) - Java Security	Ch. 1, 7 Lecture Notes
Unit 2	Two-tier Client/Server  Development  - Advanced Swing Graphical User Interface Components - Client GUI on Window using IBM WebSphere Studio - JDBC Programming	Ch. 2-3, 8 Lecture Notes
Unit 3	Application Server Development (1) - Servlets - Servlet Programming using IBM WebSphere Studio - Application Servers: Tomcat	Ch. 9, 21 Lecture Notes
Unit 4	Application Server Development (2) - JavaServer Pages (JSP) - JSP Development using IBM WebSphere Studio - JSP Custom Tag Library	Ch. 10-11 Lecture Notes
Unit 5	XML - DTD/XSL/XML - SAX/DOM	Appendix A,B,C,D Lecture Notes
Unit 6	Three-tier Enterprise Client/Server Computing using EJB  - Session EJB  - Entity EJB  - EJB Container	Ch. 14-15, 17-20 Lecture Notes
Unit 7	Introduction to Distributed objects computing and service-oriented computing  - Java RMI - OMG CORBA, and Microsoft COM+ - Web Services and SOAP	Ch. 13,26,27,29 Lecture Notes
	Take Home Final Exam

Assignments

• Assignment 1: Two-tier C/S development: Java GUI - JDBC
  Down load the Oracle JDBC thin driver, Oracle Inventory db script, and Inventory Microsoft Access DB if you need one.
  Steps of sign the applet
• Assignment 2: Three-tier C/S development: Java GUI - Servlet (JAAS; Http Session) - JDBC
  Down load JAAS and TomCat for hosting Servlets and JSPs
• Assignment 3: Three-tier C/S development: JSP GUI - Servlets, Custom Tags – JDBC.

Later homework will have 10% subtracted from the score for each late day.

Grading

· Assignments: 60%

· Final Exam:   40%
(90-100 A; 80-89 B; 70-79 C; 60-69 D; below 60 F)

Communication

This class home page is posted at "http://hilltop.bradley.edu/~jiangbo/" and will be used to post the assignments and other class information.
You are also encouraged email me about your questions related to the course or share related information with the class.