1. Course review BTM 395: Internet Programming

2. What you have learnt in this course

3. Web servers and Internet hosts How the Web works Installing a local web server stack Registering an Internet domain Configuring a Linux Internet host Creating and connecting to an FTP account Using an FTP client

4. HTML Creating HTML pages Standard HTML tags New HTML5 features

5. CSS Creating CSS stylesheets CSS selectors Standard CSS properties The Cascade The Box Model

6. JavaScript Basic JavaScript language features Basic aspects of the Document Object Model Regular expressions Client-side debugging with Firebug

7. PHP Basic PHP language features Server-side form processing Working with an advanced PHP framework (WordPress)

8. MySQL Creating a MySQL database Connecting WordPress to MySQL Connecting to and interacting with MySQL using PHP

9. Standard WordPress administration Installing WordPress on a web host Creating posts and categories Selecting and configuring themes Managing the Media Library Creating pages Creating custom menus Selecting and installing and plugins Advanced media configuration

10. Advanced WordPress programming Customizing themes Programming an advanced website Creating plugins, widgets and shortcodes

11. Where do you go next?

12. HTML and CSS HTML –Learn every single HTML tag (including HTML5) –Best resource is probably W3SchoolsW3Schools Not perfect, but their “Try it yourself” editor is very practicalNot perfect CSS –Learn every existing feature (including CSS3) –Again, W3Schools is a practical resourceW3Schools Books –Murach’s HTML5 and CSS3Murach’s HTML5 and CSS3 Also covers basic JavaScript and jQuery –HTML5: The missing manualHTML5: The missing manual –CSS3: The missing manualCSS3: The missing manual

13. JavaScript Document Object Model and event programming –Advanced dynamic manipulation of HTML pages Ajax –Marrying client-side and server-side scripting jQuery –The most popular JavaScript library HTML5 applications –Standalone web apps and mobile apps Books –Murach’s JavaScript and jQueryMurach’s JavaScript and jQuery

14. PHP and MySQL Server-side data validation PHP security Object-oriented PHP MySQL and database programming Books –Finish the All-in-One textbook sections on PHP and MySQLAll-in-One textbook –Murach’s PHP and MySQLMurach’s PHP and MySQL

15. WordPress Standard WordPress administration –Finish the Missing Manual textbookMissing Manual Chapter 8: Letting Your Readers Talk Back Chapter 11: Collaborating with Multiple Authors Chapter 12: Attracting a Crowd Search engine optimization –Fine-tune a website for search traffic WordPress programming –Professional WordPress: Design and DevelopmentProfessional WordPress: Design and Development