Introduction to Web Development

Introduction to Web Development at MSU

Foundations: Access: plugged vs. unplugged

1. LAN/WAN
2. INTERNET
   1. Usenet/newsgroups
   2. Telnet
   3. FTP
   4. SMTP
3. WWW
   1. HTTP
   2. Web Server
   3. DNS Server
   4. Web Host

Web Development at MSU

1. ENVIRONMENT/ORGANIZATION
   1. Servers: Where MSU provides functionality on its network
      1. File Servers
         1. MavDISK
         2. Krypton
      2. E-Mail Servers
         1. Exchange/MavMAIL
         2. Krypton
      3. MSU's web sites and domains
         1. main web site: WWW.mnsu.edu
         2. secure web servers
         3. FrontPage web server: WWW2.mnsu.edu/
         4. other web servers
   2. ITS Web Development
2. NAVIGATION — finding your way around MSU's web site
   1. Supersite
   2. Search
3. DEVELOPMENT
   1. Standards
      What are the procedures and policies for creating web sites at MSU?
   2. Naming
      How to appropriately add your web page or site to MSU's
   3. Tools
      Computers, network, development environment, etc.
   4. Resources
      Web-based (mostly) training, tutorials, reference materials
4. ACCESS
   1. Where do you do your development? (or plan to?)
      platform, language, uploading method, etc.
   2. What tools do you use? (or plan to?)
5. WHAT NEXT?
   1. HTML to XHTML migration
   2. XML and data-driven dynamic web-delivered applications