Web Systems and Technologies

ICT1004

IT applications are increasingly web-based. This module covers the essential web technologies to equip students with the useful skills to build websites for web-based IT applications.

To begin, an overview of the web architecture will be presented to clarify the myriad and rapidly evolving web technologies. Next, the popular web technologies will be covered in details.

Specifically, the topics include HTML, CSS, JavaScript for client-side scripting, PHP for server-side scripting, MySQL database system and industry best practices to secure the websites.