95645 - Foundations of Web Systems

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student knows the main Web standards and the client-side scripting languages. The student can design and develop Web applications, by using markup languages, stylesheets and client-side scripts. 

Course contents

This class presents the standards at the basis of the Web, the main concepts and principles driving the design and the implementation of Web-based applications, and the main technologies supporting the develoment of client-side Web applications. 

In particular, the class introduces the following topics: 

• Foundations and standards at the basis of the Web: HTTP, URI, charsets and character encoding, hypertexts and markup. 
• Web Standards technologies: HTML5, CSS3, JSON. 
• Client-side scripting languages for the development of Web-based applications, with specific regards to Javascript. 
• Introduction to the Javascript client-side frameworks, with specific regards to VueJS. 
• HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) methodologies, User eXperience (UX), Web accessibility and Web usability. 

Readings/Bibliography

Slides and additional on-line resources will be made available on Virtuale.

Teaching methods

Lectures and laboratory activities.

Assessment methods

The assessment is based on two separate tests: the presentation of the project by the team and an oral exam carried out individually.

Teaching tools

Slides and additional on-line resources will be made available on Virtuale.

Office hours

See the website of Silvia Mirri

See the website of Giovanni Delnevo