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CSCI E-15 Web Server Frameworks with Laravel/PHP

Spring 2024 Schedule/Topics

This is the schedule and list of topics for the upcoming Spring 2024 semester. This information is provided to give you a rough idea of what to expect in this course; the schedule may undergo revisions before the course begins.

(5%) Week 1

Introduction
Course logistics
Onboarding/Infrastructure

(5%) Week 2

Onboarding/Infrastructure cont’d
PHP Foundation

(10%) Week 3

PHP Foundation cont’d
Complete Project 1

(5%) Week 4

Object-oriented PHP
Composer dependency management
Frameworks intro
New Laravel application setup

(5%) Week 5

Request lifecycle
Directory structure
Routing
Facades
Controllers

(5%) Week 6

Error handling
Views
Blade

(15%) Week 7

Forms
Validation
Complete Project 2

(5%) Week 8

Environments & Configs
Database introduction
Database setup
Migrations

(5%) Week 9

Database interaction (CRUD)
Models/Eloquent
Seeders
Production

(5%) Week 10

Collections
CRUD features

(5%) Week 11

Authentication/Users
Relationships (One to Many)

(5%) Week 12

Relationships (Many to Many)
Testing

(5%) Week 13

Streamlining controllers
App as API for front-end frameworks

(20%) Week 14

Updating Laravel
Complete Project 3

Exam week

Note: Your Week 14 Assignment (which includes Project 3) must be submitted by Tue May 9 11:59pm. Because it’s the end of the semester, late work is not accepted for this final assignment.