This course provides an introduction to Internet and Web technologies, focusing on the design and programming of interactive web services and applications. The course balances between the theoretical knowledge and the technical skills required to design and develop applications and systems for the Internet. Special emphasis is given on web design principles both from a theoretical and a practical perspective.

Topics covered include Internet technologies, communication protocols and architectures, web services, security on the web, web design issues (e.g. usability, typography, optical hierarchy, color, etc). On the laboratory part of the course, students are familiarized with state-of-the-art tools and technologies (HTML/CSS, Javascript/jQuery, PHP & MySQL, etc) required to design and implement interactive services and applications of the Internet.