INFM 603 Readings- Information Technology and Organizations

INFM 603 - Information Technology and Organizational Context

Fall 2016 - Readings

Sept 1

Topic: Introduction: Information Technology and Context

For Sept. 8

Elisabeth Robson and Eric Freeman, Head First HTML and CSS (2nd Edition), O'Reilly Media, 2012, available through ProQuest Safari at UMCP. Chapters 1-5.

Alternative: Andy Harris, HTML, XHTML and CSS All-In-One for Dummies. Wiley, 2010, ISBN 9780470537558. Chapters 1-7.

For Sept. 15

Topic: HTML/CSS

Robson and Freeman, Chapters 7-8, skim 9-11, 13-14.

Alternative: Harris, all of Book II, skim Book III.

See also http://www.w3schools.com/css/ and the “Try it Yourself” tool, and the Bootstrap tutorial and examples at http://www.w3schools.com/bootstrap/default.asp

You may also want to look at the w3schools info on Responsive Web Design and Media Queries

For Sept. 22

Topic: Introduction to Programming and Data Structures

Eric T. Freeman and Elisabeth Robson, Head First JavaScript Programming, O'Reilly Media, 2014, Chapters 1-2, skim 3-7.

Alternative: Harris, Book IV.

From the w3schools site, it’s worth visiting the http://www.w3schools.com/js/

introduction and again working with the “Try it Yourself” tool.

For Sept. 29

Topic: Relational Databases and Data Models

Lynn Beighley, Head First SQL, O'Reilly Media, 2007, Chapters 1, 4, 7.

Alternative: Harris, Book VI, Chs. 1, 3.

For Oct. 6

Topic: Database Implementation

Beighley, Chs. 2, 8 .

Lynn Beighley and Michael Morrison, Head First PHP and MySQL, O'Reilly Media, 2008, Chs. 1-2; skim 3-4.

Alternative: Harris, Book VI, Chs. 2, 4.

At this point you should also be familiar with the on-line documentation for PHPMyadmin and the MySQL documentation available at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/

Especially Tutorial, Data Types, Functions and Operators, and SQL Statement Syntax

For Oct. 13

Topic: PHP and Server-Side Scripting

Beighley and Morrison, Chs. 1-4

Alternative: Harris, Book V, Chs. 1, 2, 3, 7.

For Oct. 27

Topic: Advanced Programming Topics

Freeman and Robson, Chs. 4-6

http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_ajax_intro.asp

and the next few sections up to “Live Search”

Alternative: Harris, Book IV, Chs. 4-5 and Book VII, Chs. 1-2

For Nov. 3