HW4 and HW5
Slides from first set of slides
Grading
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Class participation: 10%
Midterm exam: 15%
Final exam: 15%
Homeworks: collectively 60%, as follows:
 E-commerce company case study: 10%
 JavaScript: 10%
 HW3: 10%
 HW4 (larger technical project): 20%
 HW5 (choose e-business or technical): 10%
Subject to minor alterations (say +/- 5%) with advance notice to
the class
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Homeworks: 60% of grade
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Some flexibility in later homeworks
Some assignments can be in groups of two
or three (may require extra things)
Topics and weights (provisional)
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Case study of an e-commerce enterprise: 10%
JavaScript programming: 10%
PHP, Forms, Encryption: 10%
Choice of larger technical problem/project: 20%
Choice of technical problem or e-commerce
problem: 10%
Some comments on HWs 4 and 5 next…
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HW4: larger technical project
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In the past…
Themes:
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a fully functioning e-store
a fully functional web-based e-service
a fully functional m-commerce system
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Develop applications for medicine, education,
gaming, social networking, government (e-voting),
convenience, something experimental or
revolutionary
Use toolsets appropriate to the project
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Possibly partner with a professor’s research, etc.
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HW5: examples from the past
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a super-in-depth e-commerce case study
a high-quality, realistic, achievable business
plan for a legitimate e-commerce venture
high-quality presentation or tutorial on an
sophisticated technical topic
something we decide to add to this list as we
go along
Variations / projects are possible
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Propose something to me if you wish!
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Select an e-Activity (HW4)
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Themes:
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a fully functioning e-store (default for HW4)
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Developed in 3 weeks (equiv. to 4 days in summer)
a fully functional web-based e-service
Develop applications for medicine, education,
gaming, social networking, government (evoting), convenience, something
experimental or revolutionary
Use toolsets appropriate to the project
HW4 deadlines
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HW4 Due: Monday, Aug. 3, 8pm
To select a project other than the eStore, you
and I must come to a complete agreement
about the content of an alternative project by
end of class, Weds., July 29
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you make a written proposal similar in content to
my HW4 handout, and the details must be
negotiated and approved July 29
Select-a-Homework (HW5)
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General
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a super-in-depth e-commerce case study
a high-quality, realistic, achievable business plan
for a legitimate e-commerce venture
high-quality presentation or tutorial on an
sophisticated technical topic [~30 minutes in
length, quality suitable for class presentation]
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Must have an e-business emphasis
something we decide to add to this list as we go
along
Give me your choice: Fri., July 31
Deadline for HW5: Weds., Aug 5, 8pm
Possible Topics I Will Cover
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Secure Sockets Layer
Security (e.g., biometric authentication)
More PHP
JavaScript libraries (JQuery, Dojo, etc.)
Ajax, Web 2.0
Copyrights, trade secrets, and patents
Corporate formation and business plans
Electronic payment systems
Topics You Might Pick a HW5
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Social networking (sites,
apps, tools to build)
Multimedia
Web services
XML
C#
Website security
Authentication
Authorization
Federation
RSS feeds
Podcasts
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Streaming multimedia
Commercial code
development packages
Ruby on Rails, symfony
Ajax, Web 2.0
Databases
Something else on
which we both agree
Reminders
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HW5
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Again, don’t just write about or talk about, say,
C# as C# in general
Emphasize and related to e-business
Can leverage what you learn in other classes
(e.g. databases) but can’t re-use work done
there