Web Design and Development III (MGDP2060)

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

Course Summary

Source: 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)
• Web Design and Development II (MGDP2050)

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