Announcements

  • Lecture 8, Scalability and Security, is now available.
  • Attend one section for this lecture during the week of July 31.
  • Complete your final project status report by 2023-07-29T23:59:00-04:00.
  • Begin working on your final project right away, though note that your teaching fellow may modify your project somewhat during their evaluation of your proposal.
  • Be sure you’ve familiarized yourself with the course’s syllabus, particularly its provisions concerning academic honesty, lateness, and extensions.

Description

This course examines the design and implementation of web applications with Python, JavaScript, and SQL using frameworks like Django, React, and Bootstrap. Topics include database design, scalability, security, and user experience. Through hands-on projects, students learn to write and use APIs, create interactive user interfaces (UIs), and leverage cloud services like GitHub and Heroku. By semester’s end, students emerge with knowledge and experience in the principles, languages, and tools that empower them to design and deploy applications on the internet.

Table of Contents

HTML, CSS

  1. Watch Lecture 0 on or after Tue 6/20.
  2. Begin work on Project 0, due 2023-06-25T23:59:00-04:00.

Git

  1. Watch Lecture 1 on or after Tue 6/20.
  2. Attend section.
  3. Optionally attend office hours.
  4. Continue work on Project 0, due 2023-06-25T23:59:00-04:00.

Python

  1. Watch Lecture 2 on or after Tue 6/20.
  2. Attend section.
  3. Optionally attend office hours.
  4. Complete Project 0, due 2023-06-25T23:59:00-04:00.

Django

  1. Watch Lecture 3 on or after Mon 6/26.
  2. Attend section.
  3. Optionally attend office hours.
  4. Complete Project 1, due 2023-07-02T23:59:00-04:00.

SQL, Models, and Migrations

  1. Watch Lecture 4 on or after Mon 7/3.
  2. Attend section.
  3. Optionally attend office hours.
  4. Complete Project 2, due 2023-07-09T23:59:00-04:00.

JavaScript

  1. Watch Lecture 5 on or after Mon 7/10.
  2. Attend section.
  3. Optionally attend office hours.
  4. Complete Project 3, due 2023-07-16T23:59:00-04:00.

User Interfaces

  1. Watch Lecture 6 on or after Mon 7/17.
  2. Attend section.
  3. Optionally attend office hours.
  4. Complete Project 4, due 2023-07-23T23:59:00-04:00.
  5. Work on your final project’s proposal, due 2023-07-24T23:59:00-04:00.

Testing, CI, CD

  1. Watch Lecture 7 on or after Mon 7/24.
  2. Attend section.
  3. Optionally attend office hours.
  4. Begin work on the final project, ultimately due 2023-08-04T23:59:00-04:00 but with some intermediate milestones.

Scalability and Security

  1. Watch Lecture 8 on or after Fri 7/28.
  2. Attend section.
  3. Optionally attend office hours.
  4. Continue work on the final project, ultimately due 2023-08-04T23:59:00-04:00 but with some intermediate milestones.