95645 - Foundations of Web Systems

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student knows the main Web standards and the client-side scripting languages. The student can design and develop Web applications, by using markup languages, stylesheets and client-side scripts. 

Course contents

This class presents the standards at the basis of the Web, the main concepts and principles driving the design and the implementation of Web-based applications, and the main technologies supporting the develoment of client-side Web applications. 

In particular, the class introduces the following topics: 

• Foundations and standards at the basis of the Web: HTTP, URI, charsets and character encoding, hypertexts and markup. 
• Web Standards technologies: HTML5, CSS3, JSON. 
• Client-side scripting languages for the development of Web-based applications, with specific regards to Javascript. 
• Introduction to the Javascript client-side frameworks, with specific regards to VueJS. 
• HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) methodologies, User eXperience (UX), Web accessibility and Web usability. 

Readings/Bibliography

Slides and additional on-line resources will be made available on Virtuale.

Teaching methods

Lectures and laboratory activities.

Due to the type of activity and the teaching methods adopted, the attendance of this training activity requires the preventive participation of all students in the training modules 1 and 2 on safety in the study places, in e-learning mode https://corsi.unibo.it/laurea/TecnologieSistemiInformatici/formazione-obbligatoria-su-sicurezza-e-salute.

 

Assessment methods

The assessment is based on two separate tests: the presentation of the project by the team and an oral exam carried out individually.

Teaching tools

Slides and additional on-line resources will be made available on Virtuale.

Office hours

See the website of Silvia Mirri

See the website of Giovanni Delnevo