CS423

CS423 - Client-Server Programming and Applications
Course Syllabus
Winter, 2002

Course Meeting Time

Tuesday and Thursday
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Location Haag Hall 201

Instructor:

Bob Cotter
e-mail cotterr@umkc.edu
Web page: http://www.sice.umkc.edu/~rcotter

Office Hours:

Tuesday and Thursday, 1 PM to 2PM, Room 450P
(or by appointment on Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday)

Prerequisites

CS201 (Problem Solving and Programming II)
CS431 (Introduction to Operating Systems)

Text Book

Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume III
Client-Server Programming and Applications
Windows Sockets Version Comer, Stevens, 1997, Prentice-Hall
ISBN 0-13-848714-6

Course Outline

Windows Intro
Protocols Part 1
Protocols Part 2
Client Design
Client Examples
Server Design
Server Examples #1
Server Examples #2
Concurrency
UNIX Sockets
UNIX Programming
Supplemental Linux Programming
Advanced Sockets
RPC
Java Intro Lecture
Java Client Server
Java JDBC
Java RMI
COM / DCOM
CORBA

Assignments:

1). Multi-threaded Windows Programming (small Windows console program that will calculate the temperature in degrees F, given the temperature in degrees C)

2). Assignment: Few Questions given for answering.

3). Project #1: classical connectionless client for a simple quote-of-the-day server.

4). Project #2: (Windows) Concurrent, connection oriented client/server program that can be used to find the availability of a book in a library.

5). Linux Programming (small Linux program that will provide temperature conversion from C to F).

6). Project #3: (Linux) Concurrent, connection oriented client/server program that can be used to find the availability of a book in a library.

7) Small Java program that will provide temperature conversion from C to F.

8).Project #4: Iterative, connection oriented client/server program written in Java that can be used to find the availability of a book in a library (using JDBC).