lecture notes

The following schedule is tentative. “Reading” is to be completed before the start of class; any “supplement” reading won’t even be mentioned in lecture, but can be helpful for the homeworks. Chapters refer to the Ullman text unless marked “Goldberg”. Recall that the books are accessible on-line via McConnell Libray’s “Safari” catalog.

week#	reading	videos	lecture notes	hw
1			client-and-server-1.html; syllabus
	chpt.10 (functions); skim chpt.6 (control structs)	inside http headers (19m55s)	client-and-server-2.html; php-intro.html; php example
2		a first php program: test cases (12m31s); stub and corner-case-tests (12m31s); completing blend, and debugging (12m13s)	php-intro.html; corner-cases-and-implement-blend.html	hw01: basic php and tests
	book chpt.1(skim); chpt.2 (client-server; strings)	defensive php; type conversion in php (~15m)	php-types.html; php-strings.html; Running php on rucs (but not via web)
3			php-arrays.html; php-arrays-practice.html	html helper functions
	book chpt.3 (html input and basic form-handling); supplementary: chpt.4 (handy numeric functions)	PHP Arrays (15m37s); Array Example Functions (24m46s)	forms/forms.html
4	chpt. pp. 99–103 (chpt 5: handline newlines; HTML and PHP); supplementary: the remainder of chpt. 5	(Videos will be linked from inside corresponding lecture-notes page, and will no longer be also-listed here.)	running-php-via-web.html; form-handle-test-sanitize.html	hw03: form handling
	chpt.13 (regexps); supplementary: research other `input` tags and their attributes; supplementary chpt. 7 (array functions)	A Database Design (ERD) case-study: social media accounts (40m27s)	git-on-rucs.html; regexps, start
5			playing with regexps in PHP; server-side validation code (and its structure)	hw05: server-side validation
	pp. 205–221 (date&time; sticky; don’t believe everything you read)		sticky.html; date & time; review
6			DOM: looking at in browser; midterm (50min)	hw06: sticky forms
			js refactoring example
7			js-dom-surgery; js-events.html	hw07: client-side validation
	chpt.9, cookies & sessions		cookies.html
8			sessions.html	hw08: sessions
			(unscheduled)
9			db: review ERD; design exercise	hw09: db helper functions
	chpt.12		mysqli-basics.html
10			mysqli-sanitizing.html	hw10: storing form info
	urlencode (Ullman p.104); Goldberg chpt.2		finish db (adding GET params); prepared statements
11			xslt-intro/	listing, editing previous info
	Goldberg chpt.3,4		finish xslt-intro; xpath-intro.html
12			xpath-functions.html	xslt page
	Goldberg chpt.6; Goldberg chpt.8		DTDs: grammar: tags; dtd example
13			DTDs: grammar: attributes; validating DTDs	DTD
			project demos	../Homeworks/project/project.html
14			project demos; wrap-up/retrospective	../Homeworks/project/project.html

Distance lectures

Note that the distance-section lectures can diverge from the in-class lectures, based on questions people ask, etc.. These recordings are not a substitute for students in the in-class lectures. However, they're posted, because why not?

jan.17 (2nd half) (0h30m)
go over syllabus (20min); running php from command line (last 10min)
jan.24 (1h33m)
review quiz01; example of writing a PHP function w/ tests
jan.31 (1h11m)
hw01-soln review; arrays in PHP
feb.07 (1h42m)
review input and forms; work through radio-table-row
feb.14 (1h23m)
review quiz (incl. nl2br htmlspecialchars); review form-handle-test; discuss project. Review db ERDs?
feb.21 (1h35m)
regexp intro
feb.28 (part A) (1h05m)
review git, regexps quiz; validation: where & why
feb.28 (part B) (0h49m)
structure of validation code
mar.14 (0h57m)
hw05; DOM & .js
mar.21 (0h42m)
quick overview of structure-of-client-side validation; answer any exam-study questions
mar.28 (no video recorded)
Discuss hw solution; go over sql-from-php intro
(call `mysqli_connect`, then many `mysqli_query`, then be sure to `mysqli_close` the connection;
for debugging I recommend putting the final query into a variable, before calling mysqli_query;
To keep your DB password separate from most code, have a one-line-php-program that assigns it to a variable, and then `require_once` that file from your DB code.)
apr.04 part A (1h20m)
hw06-soln: design choices and thinking bigger!;
apr.04 part B (0h29m)
databases from php:
type of a table;
representing a table;
iterating over a table in PHP;
apr.11 (1h16m)
XML (what & why); bitmap vs vector-graphics;
apr.18 part A (0h54m)
discuss hw07, vid-qz11;
apr.18 part B (0h49m)
XSLT intro

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