This lecture provides an overview of the course.

• Sockets, protocols, and CGI
• Server-Side Scripts: Perl, Python, and PHP
• Data, presentation, and formatting: XML, HTML, and CSS
• Client-Side Scripts: Javascripts, applets, and DOM
• Advanced server-side frameworks
• B2C versus B2B and SOA
• Web Services: SOAP, WSDL, and registries
• XML Technologies
• Security: Cryptography and Secure Protocols

• Do Lab-0. Use the Discussion Group if you encounter problems. Check also the hints available in the Resource Directory (accessible from the What's New page).
• Read Ubiquitous Computing. Optional