Announcing the offering of Web Engineering (CMSC 191: Special Topic) for the 2nd Semester 2006-2007.

Description

Continuation of the Special Topic offered 2nd Semester 2005-2006 (Designing and implementing usable, accessible, standards-driven, user-centric websites and web-based information systems) with in-depth topics geared towards designing and managing (as opposed to programming and implementing) web application development projects; Usability reports, project plans, content maps, flow charts, wireframes, site maps, contents checklist, presentation strategy, maintenance strategy, development process, deliverable's impact on the project.

Topics

1. Introduction to Web Engineering and Design Patterns
2. Requirements Engineering for Web Applications
3. Modeling Web Applications
4. Web Application Architectures
5. Technology-Aware Web Application Design
6. Technologies for Web Application
7. Testing Web Applications
8. Operation and Maintenance of Web Applications
9. Web Project Management
10. The Web Application Development Process
11. Usability of Web Applications
12. Performance of Web Applications
13. Security for Web Applications
14. The Semantic Web

Tools and References

• G. Kappel, B. Proll, S. Reich and W. Retschitzegger (eds). 2003. Web Engineering: The Discipline of Systematic Development of Web Applications. John Wiley & Sons: Germany. pp 387.
• A. Shalloway and J.R. Trott. Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design (2nd Edition). Net Objectives. pp 358.
• The Drupal Content Management System (www.drupal.org)
• The Symfony Web Application Framework (www.symfony-project.com)