Internet Systems Design:
Technologies for Modern Information Systems

Section 1

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Section 1

Welcome to Section 1.

The goal is to become familiar with the structure and operation of internet operations. Students will

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Implement a web server and test the operation of the server.

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Develop a client side program using modular components.

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Implement an initial database.

Below you will find:

bulletInformation on software needed for Section 1
bulletCopies of class slides
bulletBackground Readings
bulletYour deliverables for this section

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Software Systems

To complete this portion of the class you need to have loaded on your machine the following software (the software is already loaded on the ALF lab machines):

bulletIIS (on WinXP disk)- see SLIDES
bulletMS Access (on Office XP Pro disk)
bulletActiveX control pad. (Windows executable). Available from  www.download.com

Class Slides

  1. Course Overview SLIDES
  2. Internet Network Structure, ISO Model, TCP/IP, TCP/IP structure and protocols, Internet addressing. The World Wide Web, client/server, CGI, API. Growth of the Internet. Using Internet technologies, corporate Intranets, example corporate use. SLIDES
  3. IIS Web server configuration and use. SLIDES
  4. Introduction to modular software components: using ActiveX with JavaScript and VB-Script. SLIDES 
  5. ActiveX Control Pad. SLIDES
  6. Overview of databases. SLIDES
  7. Economic Analysis SLIDES and EXAMPLE (Excel)

Background

  1. See readings
  2. The background text is here

Deliverables

At the end of this section, you will be expected to have the following completed (all work is to be submitted as a single e-mail to Nick Novotny  E-Mail: nnovotny@engineering.uiowa.edu ):

bulletProject selection. A 1 page project proposal is due on July 6 at 3 PM. You also need to have developed an initial home page for your project. You need to develop one on the CSS system or an alternative.

bulletLab/Homework I due July 6 at 3 pm. ActiveX control pad is available from Download.com. (Windows executable)

bulletQuiz 1 is on July 6

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