TECH 278 - Web Application Development Using ColdFusion

A hands-on introduction to Web database applications using ColdFusion. Topics include creating a simple database, connecting a server-side database to a Web page viewing, sorting, updating, and searching a database through the client-side interface, creating and customizing reusable code, integrating an e-mail facility, and maintaining site security through user logins and limiting site access. PREREQUISITE(S): TECH 272 or consent of department. Four hours lecture/discussion each week. Formerly CMAP 278.

4 semester hours

Course Outcomes:
Upon course completion, a student will be able to:

Identify the roles of web application, browser, Web server software and describe how they work together.
Connect a locally developed database to a Web page and display database contents.
Create Web pages for inserting, deleting, and modifying database records.
Create Web pages for extracting, sorting and displaying database information.
Create user customizable search facilities and searching database records.
Create, store, and reuse custom code.
Utilize various methods of code debugging techniques.
Create an email facility to automatically send emails from the web server.
Maintain site-wide information through cookies, client and session variables.
Create a login facility that limits site access.

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