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DGMD E-2 Web Programming for Beginners with PHP
Fall 2020 Schedule/Topics
Week 1
- Introduction
- Course logistics
- Command line
- Local servers
Week 2
- Git version control
- Production servers
- Server options
Week 3
- Code editor setup
- PHP Introduction & Syntax
- Error reporting
- Separation of concerns
- Data types
Week 4
- Arrays
- Functions (built-in)
- Conditionals
- Loops
- Complete Project 1
Week 5
- Form processing
- GET & POST
- Building forms
- Retrieving data from the request
Week 6
- Complete Project 2
Week 7
- Code style & design
- Functions (user-defined)
- Object-oriented Programming
Week 8
- Inheritance
- Autoloading
- Namespacing
- Composer
Week 9
- Application frameworks: Introduction, installation, routing, controllers
Week 10
- Frameworks cont’d: Views
Week 11
- Frameworks cont’d: Form processing and validation
- Databases
Week 12
- Databases cont’d
Week 13
- Complete Project 3
Week 14
- Exploring other languages
- Front-end heavy apps
- Frameworks vs. Content Management Systems
Week 15
- Testing
Exam week
The Week 15 assignment must be submitted by TBD. Because it’s the end of the semester, late submissions are not accepted for these final deliverables.