Syllabus

Advanced Web Development (MS 303)

Getting Started with Active Server Pages :- What are Active Server Pages ? (Understanding

the Client Server Model, How ASP differs from Client-Side Scripting Technologies); Running

ASP Pages (Setting Up Personal Web Server, Setting Up Internet Information Server, Using ASP

without IIS or PWS); Creating You First ASP Pages.

Dissecting You First ASP Script :- Understanding ASP Scripts (What Does Response.Write

Do ?, The <%=Shortcut, What’s with the <%@ LANGUAGE=VBSCRIPT%>?, Writing ASP Code

Without Using <%…%>, Comments, Line Continuation Character); What You ASP Script

Returned to the Browser; The ASP Process.

Working with Variables :- What is a Variable?; Data Types; Integer; Floating-Point Numbers

(String, Date, Boolean, Currency, Object, What Are Variant Variables?. What Does It Mean to

Declare a Variable?, Why Use Explicit Declarations in VBScript?, How Do You Name a

Variable?, Constants, Arrays, How Do You Determine Your Variable’s Type?); VB Script

Operators (Assignment Operators, Mathematical Operators, Subtraction, Multiplication , Division,

Integer Division, Modulus, Exponentiation, Negation Concatenation, Comparison Operators,

Logical Operators).

Understanding VBScript Control Structures :- What Is a Control Structures; Types of Controls

(Conditional Logic, Looping Logic, Branching Logic); Control Structure Examples (Conditional

Logic Controls, Looping Logic Controls, Branching Logic Controls).

Using VBScript’s Built-In Functions :- Typecasting Variables (What is Typecasting and Why

Should I Typecast?, How to Typecast Your Variables); Formatting Functions; Math Functions;

Date Functions (Working with Date Values, Breaking Down Date Values); String Functions; Other

Functions.

Working with Objects :- What are objects?; The Building Blocks of Objects (Properties,

Methods, Instances of Objects); Built-in ASP Objects (Response Objects, Request Object,

Application Object, Session Object, Server Object, ObjectContext Object, ASPError Object);

Collections; Working with Objects; Events.

Using the Response Object :- What is the Response Object; Dissecting the Response Object

(Sending HTML to the Browser, Buffering ASP Pages, Sending the User to Another Page,

Cookies, Caching Your ASP Pages).

Communicating with the User :- Receiving Information from the User (What are Forms?,

Creating Forms, Designing Forms, Submitting Forms, Reading Form Values from an ASP Page);

Using Advanced Form Techniques (Revisiting the ACTION Property, Client-Side Form

Validation); Using the Different Form Fields (Text Boxes, List Boxes, Check Boxes, Radio

Buttons, Choosing your Checkboxes and Radio Buttons).

Collecting the Form Information :- Retrieving the Results of a Form (Using the Request

Object); Using the Querystring to Send Information,

Working with the Request Object :- Accessing the HTTP Headers (Useful HTTP Headers,

Reading the HTTP Headers with Request. ServerVariables); Accessing the Environment

Variables (Useful Environment Variables, Reading the Environment Variables Using Request.

ServerVariables); Using Cookies (What are Cookies?, How to Read Cookies Using the Request

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Object, How to Write Cookies Using the Response Object, Advantages and Disadvantages of

Using Cookies.

Maintaining Persistent Information on the Web :- It’s a Fact: The Web Is Stateless (Ways to

Maintain State); The Session Object (Using Session Variables, Pitfalls of Session Variables,

Session Variables Without Cookies); The Application Object (Using Application Variables, Pitfalls

of Application Variables); Initializing Application and Session Variables (Creating a Global. asa

File).

Debugging You ASP scripts and Handling Errors :- Debugging Your ASP Scripts (Debugging

Fatal Bugs, Debugging Nonfatal Bugs); Handling ASP Errors Gracefully (Using the Err Object,

Using the ASPError Object); Handling Non-ASP Errors Gracefully.

Using Databases :- What Are Relational Databases ?(Common Relational Databases); Why Use

Databases ?; Working with Databases Using ASP.

Reading from a Database Using ASP :- Databases and ASP (Communicating with a Database

Using ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)); Connecting to a Database (The Connection Object, Using a

System DSN, Using a DSN-less Connection, Opening the Connection, Closing the Connection,

Properties of the Connection); Reading Data from a Database (The Recordset Object, Using

adovbs.inc, Reading and Displaying the Contents of a Database Table).

Inserting, Updating, and Deleting Database Records :- Inserting Records (Lock Types,

AddNew and Update); Updating Records; Deleting Records.

Examining the Recordset Object :- Enhancing Information Retrieval (Using the Fields

Collection); Understanding the CursorType and CursorLocation Properties; Sorting Recordsets;

Filtering Recordsets (Filtering Recordsets Bases on User Input).

Using SQL Statements to Query Data :- What is SQL ? (Executing SQL Statements Using ASP

and ADO); The SELECT SQL Statement (Using the WHERE Clause, Iterating Through

Recordsets Generated by SQL Statements); Allowing Users to Query Data.

XML Basics : The History Of XML;The Origins Of XML; Comparison Of XML And Html

Components Of XML;

Anatomy Of An XML Document : A Sample XML Document,; XML Declaration; The Root

Element ; An Empty Element; Attributes, Markup Delimiters; Element Mark Up; Attribute Mark Up;

Naming Rules; Character References; Predefined Entities; Entity References; Cdata Sections;

Processing Instructions.

Creating Welformed And Valid Documents : XML And Structured Information ; Document

Type Declaration ; Welformed And Valid Document; DTD And Validation ;Internal DTD Subset

;External DTD; Developing The DTD ; Elements And Attributes Of DTDs; More About Elements ;

Empty Element ; Element-Only Element; Mixed Elements; Any Element. ;More About Attributes;

String Attributes; Enumerated Attributes; Tokenised Attributes; Creating A Valid Document From

A DTD;

Styling XML With CSS : Cascading Style Sheet, XML , CSS And Web Browsers.; Specifying

CSS Properties; Classes; Id Attributes; Embedding CSS In XML

Rendering XML With XSL : Comparing XSL And CSS; Template Rules; The Default Template

Rules; Formatting Objects; Layout Formatting Objects And Content Formatting Objects;

Exploring XSL Style Sheets ; Xslt Template Constructs