CIT 31300
Commercial Web Site Development
Course Instructional Objectives
Commercial Web Site Development
Course Instructional Objectives
Competitive Analysis
- detect attributes which make it simple to navigate a website
- critique a website with respect to its nativagation, ease of use and common features
- suggest improvements for the presentation, navigation, purchase process
Application Planning with UML
- develop detailed Use Case Scenarios (from user perspective) to support the functional requirements of a website
Database Design & Interaction
- become familiar with the contents of a website's database
- create and test connection to a website's database
Static Website Design
- develop a static prototype a site including navigational links for the User/Customer functions
- create static example to show the layout of future dynamic pages
- develop cascading style sheets that includes a pleasing color scheme and is cross-browser compatible
- Correctly use server side includes for common page elements
Dynamic Website: Browse/Search Products
- Create dynamic pages that access product information in the database to allow users to browse and search for products on your site
- Write database queries to support browsing and searching capabilities
- Incorporate dynamically chosen graphics into a web page
- Successful execute a search based on user input & display the results
Dynamic Website: Shopping Cart
- Learn the processing principles involved in a shopping cart
- Create and use a cookie to identify a user's cart
- Write queries and programs that enable basic cart functions: add, view, modify, review
Dynamic Website: Checkout
- Apply good form design principles to gather data from user for checkout
- Write queries and program to store and display a complete order
- Clear a user cookie when an order is complete
