Week 6

Lecture Notes:

• Midterm (Due 3 Nov)
• Review of Homework Assignment Set 3
• Order Forms (Naming Convention)
  • Another demo of eval()
    Doing calculations (Annotated Version)
  • "Interactive Dollarizer"
• Credit Card Information
  • Credit Card "Validation" (Annotated Version)
• CGI Introduction
• GET & POST Methods
• Environmental Variables
• URL Encoding (URL "Encoding/Decoding" in Action)
• CGI Forms & detailed explanations with the source code (practical hands-on)
• ASP Forms with the source code
  Form Using Get & Form Using Post -
  Form.php - v1 (Annotated Version) & Form.php - v2
• "Not Required Information" -- for those who want additional Information
  • HTTP Basics
  • Server Response Codes (Status Codes)
  • What are Headers
  • Extra Path Information
• One File with "Multi-URL's" (Annotated Version)
• Calendar Project - this example demonstrates how we can build on the simple examples we have learned so far. This example continues from Week 3 and incorporates: passing data through the URL search string.
  Calendar - (Code)
  Calendar in a new Window
• The Example below is just for demonstration purpose - "Not Required"
  • Passing Data from one Form to another Form
    • Input Form
    • Output Form
• Sending form information to yourself - put your Email Address in the Email Field and Submit the Form and then check your Email to see the results.
• Week 6 Zipped (index.htm is the "Home" Page)
• Week 6 in Word Document Format Zipped

Next Week: Quiz, Server Side Includes (SSIs), & Cookies

Practice Quizzes:

• Quiz 1
• Quiz 2

Homework:

Assignment 4 (461.htm): Due 10 Nov

• Use the form template for your homework.
• Validate the users input before sending the information to the server.
• Make sure that you do THOROUGH validation for ALL the possible fields (ie, First Name, Last Name, City, State, Age, etc...). Also make sure that there is only one alert box for all the required fields & not multiple alert boxes.
  NOTE: Form 1 & Form 2 will be useful for your Assignment