CIS 371 Web Application Programming
Winter 2025

Contact Information:
Instructor: Zachary Kurmas Office: MAK C-2-316 / DCIH 530G
Phone: (616)-331-8688 Office Hours: MW 11:00-noon (Allendale)
Home page: https://KurmasGVSU.github.io MW 3:00-4:00 (DCIH 530G)

E-mail is the best way to contact me. During the week, expect a reply within 24 hours. Also, feel free to visit my office any time the door is open, even if it isn't officially office hours.

Course Documents:
Announcements:
I will post announcements at Piazza. Please check there regularly.
Discussion Board:
Please post questions about homework, projects, etc. to Piazza. Doing so allows everybody to see the question and answer and saves me the time of answering the same question multiple times. Other students can also answer your question, which may help you get a faster response.
PrairieLearn:
To access the PrairieLearn module for this course, visit https://us.prairielearn.com/pl/course_instance/175117. Choose "Log in with Google" and use your GVSU gmail account credentials.
Text:
The official textbook for this class is

These texts are freely available through the GVSU library:

  • Learning React, 2nd Edition by Porcello and Banks. ISBN: 978-1-49205-171-8
  • Mastering Bootstrap 4, 2nd Edition by Jakobus and Marah. ISBN: 9781788834902
Assignments:
Due Name Details
Wed. 8 Jan. Reading 1: WWW History and Basics
Wed. 8 Jan. Homework 0: First Day Questions
Fri. 17 Jan. Homework 1: Explore HTTP
Fri. 24 Jan. Homework 2: Web Server
Text:

These texts are optional (and available for free through our library's portal to O'Reilly.)

  • Client-Side Web Development. by Joel Ross and Mike Freeman. https://info340.github.io/
  • Learning React, 2nd Edition by Porcello and Banks. ISBN: 978-1-49205-171-8
  • Mastering Bootstrap 4, 2nd Edition by Jakobus and Marah. ISBN: 9781788834902
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