BBWA11

Building Bioinformatics Web Applications

Course Timetable
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BBWA11 Building Bioinformatics Web Applications
July 4th
Day #1
09:30 - 11:00 Introduction to the course, description of the methodology and aims
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Fundamentals about Relational Databases and SQL
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Practical session building COG database from downloaded ptt files various bacteria
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Perl crash course, part I
July 5th
Day #2
09:30 - 11:00 Usage of the HTTP protocol, with command-line telnet requests
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Perl crash course, part II, including use of CGI module
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Construction of a Perl CGI application to handle request from a form on a web page
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Use of PHP and Java Servlets in place of Perl CGI
July 6th
Day #3
09:30 - 11:00 Database connectivity from server applications
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Construction of Perl CGI applications that can query database using form parameters
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Building PHP or Java scripts that issue queries
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Perl GD graphics with practical on generating graphical output from a query
July 7th
Day #4
09:30 - 11:00 Lecture on the DOM, JavaScript and Ajax
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Practical in modifying the web application so that a succession of queries can be made asynchronously using Ajax.
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Exercises on building Web applications using the newly acquired skills
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Course wrap-up and final considerations
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Last updated:   May 31st 2011