Total Time: 3 hour(s)

Summary: 
This course provides an overview of distributed systems and the general problems that affect distributed systems. The course describes network computing and the concepts for building client/server applications in Java. It also explains how Web communications are handled in Java.

Ojectives: 
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Identify the problems that affect distributed systems in general
Describe the basic concepts behind network computing
Describe the architecture of TCP/IP
Discuss the architecture of the HTTP protocol

Topics: 
Distributed systems and mechanisms
The network client and server
Network computing
TCP/IP
Socket programming
Advanced socket programming
URLs
HTTP basics
HTTP handling in Java
Common Gateway Interface
Servlets
HTML documents
Dynamic HTML

Technical Requirements: 
P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Javascript, DHTML and cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.