The convergence of Windows and the Web is upon us. Google Maps, Gmail, Flickr and a variety of new AJAX and Rich Internet applications have begun to legitimize moving beyond HTML to deliver interactive applications that deliver the best of the web and the best of the desktop experience. We will show how these techniques are changing the way designers think about their application user interface designs. Today's customers are more demanding and have high expectations from your applications. Implementing effective user interfaces can mean the difference between success and failure in your software development strategy.
This course set is designed to provide students with the technological knowledge and skills to build Web 2.0 applications. Students will learn how to build rich interactive browser-based user interfaces, the building of hybrid offline/online web applications, and how to "syndicate" content. Students will also be taught how to use and create a web API, how to combine data and services from different sources into a single application, including video streams, and how to provide forums for users to interact.
COMING TO TERMS WITH WEB 2.0
What is Web 2.0?
A Taxonomy of Web 2.0 Applications
Web 2.0 Technology Overview
Examples of Web 2.0 Design
Benefits of Web 2.0 and AJAX
Risks of Web 2.0 Approach
What sort of value proposition does Web 2.0 offer?
GUI design standards and patterns
XHTML, HTML5
CSS3
STANDARD AJAX
The problem with traditional web applications
UI Widgets for Ajax applications
Contacting the server without page refreshing
Handling the back button
JSON
Java Script Frameworks: JQUERY, DOJO, DWR
BUILDING MASHUPS
What are mashups
Google Maps API
Del.icio.us API
Videos with the YouTube widget
Creating mashups with QEDWiki
A Sample Mashup
SOCIAL NETWORKING
Community, blog, wiki
Web 2.0 data services (RSS/ATOM, SOAP, REST)
GWT
The GWT Concept
GWT User Interfaces
Organizing User Interfaces in GWT
Event Handling in GWT
Images and Resources
GWT Utility Classes
History and Bookmarks in GWT
RPC Protocol in GWT
User Generated Contents
CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (CMS)
ADOBE FLEX
Action Script 3.0
The Future of the web
Web 3.0
The Intelligent Web
Semantic Web
Upon completion of the Web 2.0 course, students will be able to:
Distinguish Web 2.0 applications
Identify different Web 2.0 business models and applications
Build rich browser-based user interfaces using AJAX, DOJO and Flex
Recognize REST principles
Discover social bookmarking
Create Mashup applications
Apply popular Web APIs to connect to other web applications
Apply Google Docs APIs to access maps and spreadsheets
Build a wiki and/or blog
Maintain a web application using a content management system
Integrate rich content, such as video, into a web application
Build web applications that can function even when the web is unavailable
Syndicate web application's content
Process other web syndications
Build applications to deploy on a Cloud Computing platform
Project managers who are responsible for establishing or managing a web project or Internet strategy.
Project leaders who need to know proven steps for web-enabling existing client/server applications.
GUI designers who need to know how and when to use the new Web controls when creating user interfaces.
Software Developers who are looking to expand their knowledge of advanced UI design.
Interaction Designers who are responsible for managing and implementing UI design
Business Analysts responsible for documenting requirements for complex user interface applications
4.5 days
Instructor Lead
Experience with HTML, JavaScript, Java and web application programming
