CS530 Client/Server Computing with Java – Spring 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:
        10:00-12:40 pm, Friday, Br 150
Office Hours:
3:00-4:30pm, Mon, Wed; 1:30-3:00pm Tue, Thur, BR177
        or by appointment.

Course Materials

Required

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

Topics

This is a 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	Ch. 10-11  Lecture Notes
Unit 5	Three-tier Enterprise Client/Server Computing using EJB  - Session EJB  - Entity EJB  - EJB Container	Ch. 14-15, 17-20  Lecture Notes
Unit 6	Introduction to Distributed objects computing and service-oriented computing  - Java RMI  - OMG CORBA, and Microsoft COM+  - XML, Web Services, and SOAP	Ch. 13,26,27,29  Lecture Notes
Unit 7	Microsoft Client/Server Computing:  - Introduction to .NET  - ASP.NET in C#	Lecture Notes

Assignments

• Assignment 1: Java GUI (Applet, Application, Class)
  
• Assignment 2: Java JDBC, JSP, and Servlet
  Down load TomCat for hosting Servlets and JSPs
• Assignment 3: Java Web Service

Grading

· Assignments: 70%

· Final Exam (Take Home): 30%

(90-100 A; 80-89 B; 70-79 C; 60-69 D; below 60 F)

Communication

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

jiangbo@bradley.edu