Class Announcements 

• The final examination will be based upon the topics covered in class and lab, excluding the last assignment (and excluding some other topics --- see what follows). Note that these topics include more than is included in the course books, especially the survey of the workings of the internet and javascript programming. The chapters of the books covered by the exam are as follows. Content of chapters not listed will not be examined.
  • JavaScript: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • XML: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
  • XHTML: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7

• 2009/5/8 Note that the final examination is in EE/CSci 3-115.

• 2009/5/5 The last lab is posted.

• 2009/4/28 Hey guys, good class again today and yesterday! Just in case you just wanted to look at the slides again at any point I thought it would be a good idea to post them. Again I provide them in two formats:
  
  
• Microsoft office powerpoint: Monday April 27th
• OpenOffice.org slideshow: Monday April 27th
  
  
• These slides continue to expand our knowledge on the three layers of the Internet, focusing on the transport layer. Also, please begin assignment 7 at your earlier convience and let me know how you are finding it. ~Doug
  
  
• 2009/4/28 lab13 and assignment 7 have been posted! Let me know how it goes! ~Doug

• 2009/4/21 Lab 12 is written and posted: Lab 12: The browser's point of view, and fun with protocols ~ Doug

• 2009/4/20 Great class today!
  
  Some have requested the notes from today for studying, so here they are. I provide them in two formats:
  
  Microsoft powerpoint: Monday April 20th
  
  OpenOffice slideshow: Monday April 20th
  
  OpenOffice is a free word processor which can also read and produce Microsoft format documents (I produced the first powerpoint from open office). It is for both Windows and Linux and is available here: OpenOffice.org ~ Doug

• 2009/4/14 lab11 has been posted and programming assignment 6 has been extended to include a simple Ajax exercise.

• 2009/4/7 lab10 and programming assignment 6 have been posted.

• 2009/3/31 lab9 and programming assignment 5 have been posted.

• 2009/3/23 programming assignment 4 is extended by one day exactly.

• 2009/3/21The TA offices hours this week, Monday March 23rd at 3:30 are unfortunately cancelled or postponed this week due to illness. I'm sorry for any inconvenience. Please email me with any concerns and we will work them out together.
  
  
• 2009/3/10 lab7 and programming assignment 4 have been posted.

• 2009/3/3 lab6 and programming assignment 3 have been posted.

• 2009/2/24 The lab5 has been posted, and is a warm-up exercise for using JavaScript with form elements.

• 2009/2/17 The next lab has been posted. As a part of this you'll write a small JavaScript program in an HTML document.

• 2009/2/10 The next lab and programming assignment have been posted. As a part of this you'll explore image maps for yourself.

• 2009-2-4 See appendix B of the book for a stylesheet properties reference.

• 2009-1-28 The formal definition of XHTML is here, and the W3C XHTML validator is here.

  
  

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• 2009/1/23 The Assignment Calendar has been posted. Please verify now that you can attend the midterm and final examinations, and if you cannot, withdraw from the course.

• 2009/1/23 Please note that the syllabus has been edited to take account of electronic submission, and to provide links relating to academic conduct. Read these carefully.

• 2009/1/22 Henceforth the class will be in EE/CSci 1-260

  Welcome to CSci 1121, Introduction to the Internet

• 2009/1/21 Welcome everybody to Introduction to the Internet! You've done well this far by navigating to the course web page! I've posted my office hours for the semester on the office hours page. This time was chosen because it coincides with the homework due date. If this time absolutely does not work for you send me an email and we can discuss it. Also please take time to check out the forum for the class. This is a place where you can discuss the topics of the course and seek help from fellow students. But as always send me an email if you have any questions about the topics or an assignment. I may, however, republish the question and the answer to the forum as an aide for other students. I also encourage other forms of communication such as AIM or Gchat (and others) but only by request as I don't want to publish these details to the web. If you want to talk about how AIM works in AIM, I'll be very impressed. Welcome! ~Doug

• 2009/1/20 There will be no lab today 2009/1/20, before the first class tomorrow. The first lab will be 2009/1/27.

• 2009/1/20 You must have an ITLabs account before the first lab. See http://www.itlabs.umn.edu for setting up your account. You will need your general student X.500 account user name and password in order to set up your IT Labs account.

• 2009/1/20 Please read the syllabus carefully.