Web and Mobile Information Systems
Professors Dimosthenis Kyriazis
Andreas Menychtas
Angeliki Panou
Course category Core
Course ID DS-332
Credits 5
Lecture hours 3 hours
Lab hours 2 hours
Digital resources View on Aristarchus (Open e-Class)

Learning Outcomes

This course addresses concepts and technologies concerning the development of internet systems and applications. With the completion of the course, the student will be in position to:

  • Understand and become familiar with the key concepts and principles of web programming including aspects related to client-server programming, server- and client- side development.
  • Know the background and key concepts governing the web applications by analyzing the pros and cons of architectural and implementation decisions.
  • Be able to implement web applications by using HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript for client-side programming, as well as approaches for server-side programming and use of data stores (including PHP and Node.JS technologies).

Course Contents

  • Web server technologies.
  • Client and server-side programming.
  • Client-side development
    • Hyper Text Markup Language 5 (HTML5)
    • Cascading Style Sheets 3 (CSS3)
    • Javascript
  • Server-side development
    • PHP and MySQL
  • Server deployment/ applications
    • Node.js

Moreover, the EVDOXOS system is utilized to provide additional useful information to the students as well as exercises that respond to the corresponding thematic topics / sessions covered by the course.

Recommended Readings

  • Laura Lemay, Rafe Coburn, Jennifer Kyrnin, «Complete Tutorial of HTML 5, CSS and JavaScript», 2016
  • S. Retalis, G. Tselios, «HTML lessons: From simple to complex», 2012
  • Kavouras, Milis, Xilomenos, Roukounaki, “Distributed systems with Java”, 2014
  • Harvey Deitel, Paul Deitel, «Internet & World Wide Web Programming», 2015