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Web Design and Development III (MGDP2060) is a course at Hennepin Technical College.

Calendar

• August 27 - Week One
  • Review HTML, Cascading Style Sheets, JavaScript
  • XAMPP
  • Getting started with Bootstrap
  • Getting started with PHP
• September 3 - Week Two
  • PHP (continued)
  • Getting started with WordPress
• September 10 - Week Three
• September 17 - Week Four
• September 24 - Week Five
• October 1 - Week Six
  • JavaScript
• October 8 - Week Seven
  • jQuery
• October 15 - No classes! (Education MN Days)
  • Education MN Days
• October 22 - Week Eight
  • Ajax (programming)
• October 29 - Week Nine
• November 5 - Week Ten
• November 12 - Week Eleven
• November 19 - Week Twelve
• November 26 - No classes! (Thanksgiving)
  • Thanksgiving
• December 3 - Week Thirteen
• December 10 - Week Fourteen
  • Semester review
  • Special topics by request
• December 17 - Week Fifteen
  • Guest lectures
  • Optional: student guest lectures (optional non-credit activity for personal growth)

Course detail

Source: Course Detail @ hennepintech.edu

• ID #: 000810

• Subj: MGDP # 2060

• Sec: 57

• Title: Web Design & Development III

• Dates: 08/27/2015 - 12/17/2015

• Days: Thursday

• Time: 5:30pm - 9:20pm

• Credits: 3.0

• Instructor: Jones, Karl

• Location: Brooklyn Park campus, room H185

Prerequisites:

• MGDP 1250 - Web Design & Development I

Description

The dynamic needs of modern web applications would not be possible without server-side technologies.

This course explores PHP by developing dynamically driven content, form processing, Content Management Systems (CMS) and will focus on WordPress.

Topics also include database setup, database queries, publishing and syncing to a web host.

Students will study LAMP principles using XAMPP.

In this project-based course, students design and develop a dynamic website utilizing WordPress as a CMS. Concepts include WordPress fundamentals, creating custom themes, website maintenance, and using plug-ins to extend WordPress.

This course also continues to explore HTML, CSS, JavaScript, asset management, design considerations, remote hosting, and live publishing (FTP) as introduced in Web Design & Development I & II.

(Prereq: MGDP1250) (BP) 3 cr

Course Summary

Source: Course Summary @ hennepintech.edu

Description

The dynamic needs of modern web applications would not be possible without server-side technologies.

This course explores PHP by developing dynamically driven content, form processing, Content management systems (CMS) and will focus on WordPress.

Topics also include:

• Database setup
• Database queries
• Publishing and syncing to a web host

In this project-based course, students design and develop a dynamic website utilizing WordPress as a CMS.

Concepts include:

• WordPress fundamentals
• Creating custom themes
• Website maintenance
• Using plug-ins to extend WordPress

This course also continues to explore topics from prerequisite courses:

• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• Asset management
• Design considerations
• Remote hosting
• Live publishing (File Transfer Protocol)

Prerequisites:

• Web Design and Development I (MGDP1250)

Goals

The following goals will be addressed in the course:

• Demonstrate the ability to differentiate programming languages for the web
• Distinguish how programming languages work together
• Demonstrate use of JavaScript for web development
• Integrate information for a web site
• Utilize Content Management Systems to create dynamic web site
• Demonstrate the use of PHP within a web site
• Integrate Google Maps into a web page
• Demonstrate use of dynamic scripting languages within a web site design
• Create a fully functional dynamic web site using WordPress
• Deploy web site to web hosting service

See also

• MGDP2060 Vocabulary