Undergraduate Certificate in Visual Basic Application Development

This course is a study of the .NET framework. Students will examine the differences between Visual Basic (VB) and VB.Net, the Common Language Runtime (CLR), Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL), the XML Web Services platform, .NET Framework Class Library, and examine Visual Studio.NET and Visual Basic.NET (VB.NET). They will create classes, properties, methods, constructor methods, sub-procedures, and function-procedures. They will handle events, explore datatypes, build Window forms and Web Forms, add and interact with controls, specify events, develop event-handling code, and add menus. They will also evaluate ADO.Net, choose an ADO.Net provider, connect to a database, and perform database interactions. Students must have access to Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition (or higher). This software is not provided by the course material grant and must be purchased/provided by the student.

This course is a study of the theory and application of developing dynamic desktop and web-based applications using the .NET Framework and Visual Basic.NET (VB.NET). This course examines the architecture of the VB.NET IDE, the rudiments of the VB.NET programming language, the .NET Framework Class Library, OOP Design, Design Patterns, overriding members, overloading members, component-based programming, exception handling, interface-based programming, common windows controls, file management, control licensing, ADO.NET, connection pooling, and data validation. They will also interface with relational databases, use the GDI class library, draw graphics, perform graphic transformations, build MDI applications, and use access modifiers to control visibility. Students must have access to Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition (or higher) software. This software is not provided by the course material grant and must be purchased/provided by the student.

This course is a study of the theory, concepts, and applications of the Active Server Page (ASP.NET) web development environment. Students will learn about working with the page (HtmlForm class, error handling, tracing, page personalization, and rich page composition), the ASP.NET object Model (request, response, server, session, application, global.asax file, and collaborative data object), data providers (managed providers, SqlConnection class, and SqlCommand class), data containers (SQlDataAdapter, DataSet, DataTable, and DataView objects), data source based data binding, and managing the HTTP Request Context and lifecycle. The student will also manage and establish state across HTTP connections, explore caching, and examine ASP.NET’s security architecture (“session hijacking,” Forms authentication, membership and role management, and security related controls). Students must have access to Visual Studio 2008 or Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition software. This software is not provided by the course material grant and must be purchased/provided by the student.

This course introduces students to Web site development through a combination of readings and hands-on development exercises. This course emphasizes XHTML, including hyperlinks, tables, Web forms, frames, images, colors, and other graphical elements. Image techniques, such as image maps, image transparency, image interlacing, and animation are examined. GUI editors, e-commerce practices, and advanced Web technologies, such as server-side and client-side languages, DHTML, and DOM are also addressed in this course. Fundamentals of JavaScript programming are also introduced in this course. Students will need access to Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 (or higher) and Firefox 2.0 (or higher). This software is not provided by the course material grant and must be purchased/provided by the student. This course covers the Site Developer Foundations curriculum of the CIW Foundations certification. It also covers lessons 30-34 of the Design Methodology and Technology curriculum of the CIW Site Designer certification.

This course expands on the topics that were introduced in Web Development Fundamentals (WEBD121). This course introduces the student to fundamental JavaScript programming concepts such as variables and data, functions, controlling program flow (branching and iterating), the JavaScript object model (window, document, image, history, location, and navigator objects), and JavaScript language objects (String, Array, Date, and Math objects). This course also addresses the development of interactive forms with JavaScript, cookies and JavaScript security, controlling frames with JavaScript, and custom JavaScript objects. Students must have access to Internet Explorer 5.5 (or higher) or Netscape 4.0 (or higher) software. This course covers the Javascript Fundamentals curriculum of the CIW JavaScript Fundamentals certification. This software is not provided by the course material grant and must be purchased/provided by the student.

This course focuses on the theory and principles of various programming languages that are used on the web, with particular focus on HTML, XHTML, and DHTML. Students will explore the principles of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and examine inheritance, encapsulation, and polymorphism. They will also examine the components of OOP languages; the scope, protocols and parameters for various methods, such as: dynamic text ranges (move, moveStart, moveEnd, moveToPoint, moveToElement, getElementById, getBookmark, compareEndPoints, setEndPoints, Expand, Collapse, FindText), transition ranges (blendTrans, revealTrans), event propagation (stopPropogation, addEventListener, removeEventListener), dynamic content (createAttribute, createElement, createTextNode, cloneNode), and dynamic styles (CSS) and dynamic positioning (CSS-P) (coordinate systems, absolute positioning, relative positioning, and dynamic data binding). Students will explore the principles governing the animation of text (pulsating text, expanding text, flying text, drag and drop). This course focuses on improving the user-application interactivity via dynamic content, animation, media (audio and video), forms, web-safe colors, styles, and Cascading Style Sheet (CSS).

Pre Reqs: Web Development Fundamentals(WEBD121)