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CSIT: IT1 Web Structure  http://aspen.csit.fsu.edu/it1fall00
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Overview of CSIT Information Technology Courses - I
•IT1 assumes good programming skills and familiarity with the Internet/web
•It will teach Java and use Internet examples to illustrate use of language
•Course could be useful even if you know Java – we will emphasize topics like
–Servlets – Simple way of building Java Server side applications
–RMI – Foundation of pure Java distributed objects and systems built in these terms
–JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) – Universal interface between Java and databases
–The beat up client side (in Microsoft-Netscape battle won by MSFT) – Applets, Dynamic HTML and JavaScript (good ideas albeit a victims of battle) and Java Server Pages (how to build client software if you sell servers and don’t like MSFT)