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 Fall 2005

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11/22/05  5:30 PM Enjoy your breaks.!!!!

Remember that we do not have class on Tuesday following break.  The cookie javascript assignment is due that day by 5:00 PM. 

After what we did in class today, you should now be able to finish exercise 2.1 through 2.3 in the online ASP.NET workbook. 

Also do not forget that the evaluations for the research memos are due on Thursday 12/1.  Here is softcopy of the instructions and the worksheet you must hand in on Thursday. 

Also, for Thursday, read the other reading on electronic reserve in the library for the class.  It is a chapter on Web database access...
11/17/05  4:30 PM For Tuesday.  Read the ASP.NET handout on electronic reserve in the library.  You can find it at  http://www.lib.muohio.edu/reserves/ The password is 403net.  Read the first two chapters in their entirety.   Those of you familiar with visual studio can skip some of it…  Read the following Overview of the .NET Framework.

Additionally work through exercises 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 in the following online ASP.NET workbook.  When you get to figure 2-3 on page 23, in place of

http://localhost/WebApplication1  you must use  http://student.sba.muohio.edu/youruserid/WebApplication1

You may optionally change the name from WebApplication1 to whatever you want.  After you click ok, the dialog box displayed in figure 2-5 will open up.  Select the Try to open in front page option and hit ok.  When it asks fore a password, it needs the password to your student server account. 

This will create your project on the student server rather than locally.  Once you do this, you should be able to proceed with the exercises…

Have a good weekend!!!
11/15/05  5:30 PM Here is softcopy of the assignment given out in class today.  Also, i am having some stuff put on electronic reserve in the library so pay attention tomorrow for some readings for Thursday.
11/03/05  5:30 PM The reading assignment for Tuesday is the remainder of Chapter 15.  Here is softcopy  of the extra credit assignment given out in class today.  

Reminder, there is a review session for the exam at 4:30 Monday in 339 Upham.  The exam will be Wednesday 11/9 at 6:00 in 255 Upham.  REmember that most of it will be open book.  Also, there will be an open book hands on exam Thursday in class.

Have a good weekend.
10/25/05  5:30 PM The reading assignment for Thursday Chapter 14 the first part of Chapter 15 on form validation, and the following two documents on regular expressions.

http://www.sitepoint.com/print/expressions-javascript
MSN regular expression document

Also, here is a softcopy of the next Javascript assignment that was handed out in class today.

10/24/05  5:00 PM I apologize for the late posting, but I just realized that I did not post this before I left.  Tomorrow we will cover the rest of chapter 12 and Chapter 13 in the book.  Try exercises as necessary to be sure you understand the material.

Have a good weekend.
11/17/05  2:00 PM For tomorrow read Chapter 11 and Chapter 12 through page 340.  You should be comfortable with all the Lab exercises at the end of chapter 11 (pages 325-327) and the first exercise in Chapter 12 (pages 365-366).
10/11/05  2:00 PM For Thursday read Chapter 10 in the book.  Also, here is softcopy of the assignment handed out today that is due this Thursday and here is the next javascript assignment that is due Tuesday 10/18
10/06/05  11:00 AM For Tuesday read Chapter 9 in the Xhtml text and the following three DOM readings.  Additionally, here is softcopy of the assignment given out in class today which is also due Tuesday. 

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-DOM-Level-1/introduction.html
http://www.mozilla.org/docs/dom/reference/javascript.html
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/the_document_object_model/ 

10/05/05  1:15 PM There are no additional assignments for tomorrow.  I only ask that you read chapters 7 & 8 if you have not yet.  Remember that the due date for the last HTML assignment is now Tuesday.  See you tomorrow...
9/30/05  1:30 PM The Exam Tuesday is at 6:00 in room 255 Uph.  Do not underestimate the exam.  It will be a thorough test of your understanding of the course material covered.  Everything we discussed in class is fair game. 

Also, we will begin Javascript in class on Tuesday.  We will be covering material from chapters 7 & 8 from the text.  I will not hold you responsible for having read it until Thursday.  Here are notes that we will use on Tuesday.  Javascript.ppt
9/27/05  6:00 PM For Thursday read the following and play as necessary to understand the material...The readings overlap quite a bit, so pick what works for you, but all have some different stuff to offer. 

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutorials/forms/ - The first two tutorials
       So, You Want A Form, Huh? & So, You Want CSS Commands With Forms, Huh?
 http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp (follow and understand the example links...)
http://www.javascript-coder.com/tutorials.phtml - The HTML form tutorial pages 1 thru 4 including the sub pages!!!
9/23/05  2:00 PM The homework for Tuesday is to  read chapter 5 and the remainder of Chapter 6 in the XHTML book.  Again, practice as needed.  You should be able to do exercises 5.1 and 5.2 on pages 140 and 141 and exercise 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 on pages 174-176!!! 

Also, in case you need it, here is softcopy of the second HTML assignment that was handed out in class yesterday.
9/19/05  5:30 PM Here are the reading assignments for Thursday

Davis & Benamati - Excerpt from Chapter 6 & slides
CS1, CS2 & CS3
9/16/05  5:30 PM The homework for Tuesday is to read chapter 4 and the Return to Tables section of Chapter 6 (pages 152-156) in the XHTML book.  Again, practice as needed.  You should be able to do all exercises on page 107 of the book!!!
9/14/05  11:45 AM There are no additional readings for tomorrow.  We will continue with the Web Architecture.  You asked some good questions about the XHTML-XML relationship yesterday.  For those who yearn to know more, here is a link to the W3C site on XHTML-XML.

We currently have an exam scheduled for next week.  I think we are not quite ready for on and propose postponing it for a week.  Think about it and we will discuss it in class tomorrow.
9/9/05  11:45 AM Here is an additional reading for Monday on XHTML.  It summarizes the difference between HTML and XHTML better than what the book offers.   Here are notes for Monday...html.ppt. 
9/09/05  10:30 AM Lee ran a traceroute from off campus and sent me the results. Take a look...you should be able to explain in detail what is going on with it.

Thanks Lee!!

Map  &  Route
9/08/05  10:30 AM Here is a great list of networks provider network maps for both the US and Globally.

MCI
 http://global.mci.com/about/network/global_presence/global/mci_global_presence_GLOBAL.pdf

Quest
 http://stat.qwest.net/index_flash.html
http://www.qwest.com/about/qwest/network/

WilTel
http://www.wiltel.com/map/

NTT Communications
http://www.verio.com/about/network/network_map.swf

Savvis
http://www.savvis.net/network/global.html

Global Crossing
http://www.globalcrossing.com/html/map01_05.html

Merit Michnet (regional)
http://www.merit.edu/mn/resources/network/backbone.pdf

Many more here...
http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/casa/martin/atlas/isp_maps.html
 
9/7/05  3:15 PM We will start the hands on part of the course next Tuesday.  As I mentioned the first day of class, as MIS majors you need to develop the ability and confidence to learn technologies with little guidance.  Your future employers may send you to an introductory class in a new technology and then hand you a book and expect you to become proficient. 

You CAN learn this stuff on your own.  In this class, I expect you to demonstrate that.  You MUST read ahead and do whatever it takes to master the reading material for each day.  That will require different levels of effort for each of you based on prior experience.  My role is facilitate, motivate and to take you beyond the material in the books, as well as to help you get through the stuff you can't get through on your own. 

I highly suggest that you work hard to not get behind.  The topics will build on each other as we go.  Falling behind early will make it difficult to catch up.   

For those of you who want to get started on the hands on stuff, the assignment for Tuesday is to read Chapters 2 and 3 in Lagerstrom.  Practice as needed.  Everything you need to do this is explained in the book.  You should be able to do hands on exercises 2.1, 2.2 & 2.3 on pages 52-53 and exercises 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 & 3.4 on page 82 when you arrive in class on Monday.
9/6/05  6:30 PM Here are more notes that we may get to on Thursday.  Infra3.ppt
9/6/05  11:30 AM The homework for Thursday is to read How the Internet Infrastructure Works and Davis & Benamati - Chapter 3 & slides  

Sorry for not posting this before the weekend, but I had to leave town much sooner than expected and in my haste, forgot to post this for you.

See you Thursday!
8/31/05  10:30 AM The only reading for tomorrow is How Domain Name Servers Work

Also, FYI ...the following site also offers a graphical demonstration of how Ethernet collisions could occur and are detected...
8/25/05  5:30 PM The readings for Tuesday are

The remainder of Chapter 2 from Davis & Benamati
What is a packet,
How OSI Works,
General Descr. of TCP/IP,
ARP

It looks like a lot, but several of them are very short.  Also, here are some additional notes for this material - Infra2.ppt 

Have a great weekend.
8/24/05  5:00 PM This article just came across my desk and might prove of interest to some of you...

http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/080805-it-shortage.html
8/22/05  7:00 PM For Thursday read

Lagerstrom – Chapter 1,
Davis & Benamati - Chapter 2 (through the section entitled Client/Server Networks) & Figures

Class notes for the discussion can be found in infra1.ppt
8/16/05  3:00 PM Welcome to MIS 403!!!  

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