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This is the home page for CS 350, the first course in a three-quarter sequence on web development offered to computer science majors at Central Washington University.
The first day of class is Wednesday, September 23 in Hebeler 204 Lab. Read other recent University Announcements of interest to computer science majors.
No Required Textbook for CS 350: Web Development Technologies 1. All of the required readings for the course will come from the Internet.
Since many students prefer to learn from a book, The University Bookstore is stocking two optional textbooks for CS 350
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Optional Textbook Build Your Own Web Site The Right Way Using HTML & CSS, 2nd Edition Ian Lloyd SitePoint, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9804552-7-4 Note: The first three chapters are available as a free sample download (PDF) |
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Optional Textbook PHP and MySQL Web Development, 4th Edition Luke Welling Addison-Wesley, 2009 ISBN: 0-672-32916-6 |
However, there are loads of great books on learning to develop Web pages you may consider purchasing. Visit your favorite bookstore and find a book(s) on XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP that fits your learning style.
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Since many people like to have copies of the software to run on their home computers, here is a minimalist CS 350 Software Installation Guide.
Focus Area: Web Development
The Computer Science Department has approved a new focus area: Web Development. The six electives that make up the Web Development focus area include:
- CS 350: Web Development I (fall quarters)
- CS 351: Web Development II (winter quarters)
- CS 352: Web Development III (spring quarters)
- CS 490: Internship in Web Development (4 credits)
- Two additional electives from
- CS 370: Introduction to Unix (fall quarters)
- CS 430: Computer Security (winter quarters)
- CS 450: Networks (winter quarters)
- CS 456: Data Mining (spring quarters)
- Or other courses by agreement with faculty advisor
Students interested in pursuing this focus area are encouraged to discuss it with Dr. Gellenbeck