Web design and development at Aurora

1. Web Design and
Development
@ Aurora
Compiled By
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2. Agenda
• Overview of Web design &
Development
• Career opportunities
• Study @ Aurora
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3. Introduction
• We are now in the
information/knowledge era
• Internet is connecting people all
over the world
• About 25% of Sri Lankans have
access to the internet
• In developed countries it is more
than 90%
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4. Major trends
• E-business
o Doing more & more business using internet
• On-line shopping/booking
• On-line services
• E-banking
• Social media
o People use more & more social media for
social interactions
• Communication
• Share contents
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5. Main architectures of the
internet based applications
• Client-Server architecture
o World Wide Web (WWW) / Web
application
o E-mails
o Remote computing
• Peer-to-peer architecture
o Chatting
o VOIP
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6. How Web applications work?
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1. Client (Web browser) send a request for a
resource/page
2. Server generate content (may need to
talk to the database) and send the
response
3. Web browser display the received page in
a user friendly way

7. Web applications technology stack
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HTML
CSS
JavaScript/Jquery
Bootstrap
PHP /
JSP /
ASP
MYSQL /
MS-SQL /
Oracle
AJAX

8. Web applications technology stack
• Client side technologies
o HTML (Markup the content)
o CSS (Styles the content)
o JavaScript (Add programmatic features at client
side)
o JQuery (The most popular Javascript library with
useful features)
o Bootstrap – Facilitate your website to adapt to Mobile
phones
• Server side technologies
o PHP / JSP / ASP (Only a selected technology will be
used)
o SQL (To communicate with the database)
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9. Web development - Other areas
• Responsive web development
o Developing web sites that are mobile/tab
friendly
• User Interface (UI) design
concepts
o Make web sites attractive and user friendly
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Business/commercial aspects
o Make web application fulfill business objectives
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10. Qualities required for being a web
developer
• Passion for interne and WWW
• Like programming
o Analysis
o Design
o Coding
• Have a esthetic mindset
• Awareness of business concepts
• Soft skills to communicate &
collaborate with the clients
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11. Aurora course content
1. Introduction to Internet & WWW
2. Designing and developing web pages using
HTML5/CSS & Bootstrap
3. Client side web programming using JavaScript
and JQuery
4. Server side web programming with PHP
5. Database designing using MySQL
6. Server side integration of PHP & MySQL
7. Introduction to AJAX based rich client
interaction
8. Fundamentals of search engine optimization
(SEO)
9. Hosting & domain management
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12. Course Details
• Duration
o 60 hours (4 Months)
• Full course fee
o Rs.20,000/= (Can be paid in installments of Rs
5000/= + 7500/= x 2)
• More details
o Visit - auroracs.lk/web-development
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13. Target audience
• Looking for career in Software/Web
Engineering
• Looking to develop/coordinate their
own personal/business web sites and
content for different purposes
• Supplementary for students following
degree/professional courses in
Computing/IT/Engineering, especially
to help their projects
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14. Useful Resources
• http://www.auroracs.lk/web-
development
• http://auroracs.lk/vle
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15. "We are what we repeatedly
do. Excellence, then, is not
an act, but a habit."
~ Aristotle.
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16. Thank You !
Presented by
Aurora Computer Studies
(auoracs.lk)
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17. Contact Information
Premier Study Center
Aurora Computer Studies,
Summerset College,
# 135, 3rd Floor,
DFCC Building,
High Level Road,
Maharagama.
City Study Center
Aurora Computer Studies,
Summerset College,
# 88/2, 2nd Floor,
BOC Building,
High Level Road,
Kirulapone, Colombo 06
For further details and enquiries :
Call - 0719 842030
E-mail – info@auroracs.lk
Web - www.auroracs.lk/bit
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