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CSCI E-15 Web Server Frameworks with Laravel/PHP
Schedule
(5%) Week 1 - Tue Jan 28
- Introduction
- Course logistics
- Website architecture
- Local server setup
(5%) Week 2 - Tue Feb 4
- Workflow w/ Git version control
- Local domains
- PHP Foundation
(10%) Week 3 - Tue Feb 11
- PHP Foundation cont’d
- Production server setup
- Complete Project 1
(5%) Week 4 - Tue Feb 18
- Object-oriented PHP
- Composer dependency management intro/setup
- Frameworks intro
- New Laravel application setup
(5%) Week 5 - Tue Feb 25
- Request lifecycle
- Directory structure
- Routing
- Facades
- Controllers
- Independent study ideas
(5%) Week 6 - Tue Mar 3
- Error handling
- Views & Blade
- Deploy to production
(15%) Week 7 - Tue Mar 10
- Forms
- Validation
- Complete Project 2
Spring Break March 15-21
(5%) Week 8 - Tue Mar 24
- Environments & Configs
- Database introduction
- Local database setup
- Migrations
- Independent study draft
(5%) Week 9 - Tue Mar 31
- Database interaction (CRUD)
- Models/Eloquent
- Seeders
- Production database setup
(5%) Week 10 - Tue Apr 7
- Collections
- CRUD features
(5%) Week 11 - Tue Apr 14
- Authentication/Users
- Relationships: One to Many
(10%) Week 12 - Tue Apr 21
- Relationships: Many to Many
- Testing
- Independent study final
(5%) Week 13 - Tue Apr 28
- HTTPS
- Model factories
- App as API for front-end frameworks
- Streamlining controllers
(15%) Week 14 - Tue May 5
- Complete Project 3
Exam week
Note: The Week 14 assignment (and corresponding Project 3) must be submitted by Tue May 12 11:59pm Eastern. Because it’s the end of the semester, late work is not accepted for this final deliverable.