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Web and Mobile. Combined Option: PHP, ASP.NET, and iOS. Server-side Web Scripting with PHP 5 hours per week 75 hours total. Term 3: PHP. PHP has been taught at BCIT for about ten years Two PHP courses COMP1920, COMP2920 72 hours total. Mature Course. Components.
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Web and Mobile Combined Option: PHP, ASP.NET, and iOS
Server-side Web Scripting with PHP • 5 hours per week • 75 hours total Term 3: PHP
PHP has been taught at BCIT for about ten years • Two PHP courses • COMP1920, COMP2920 • 72 hours total Mature Course
A very popular programming language • 35 percent of web traffic is handled by PHP, says Gutmans. • Wikipedia says 75 percent of websites use PHP. • Facebook, Wikipedia, Yahoo, and Photobucket are all built in PHP. • WordPress, the most popular blogging platform in the world, runs on PHP and probably accounts for half of that 35 percent. • Most of the other major content management systems, such as Drupal and Joomla, are also built in PHP. • Half of all developer job postings on Craigslist call for PHP developers. • PHP is used by 81.9% of all the websites whose server-side programming language we know. • google.ca/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=dO9fU8HlBqvP8gfPyoDQCg#q=how+popular+is+php • http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/programming_language/all Why PHP?
Mobile Development with iOS • 5 hours per week • 75 hours total Term 4: iOS
The “other” mobile Platform • Builds on the Android course in term 3 • Not just phones: tablets, cars, and potentially wearables • Designing for devices is different than designing for PCs • 1.75 Billion smartphones in 2014 • 2.51 Billion smartphones in 2017 • Over 200 jobs in the Lower Mainland listed today on one site alone. Why iOS?
Web Development with ASP.NET • 5 hours per week • 75 hours total Term 4: ASP.NET
ASP.NET has been taught at BCIT for about ten years • ASP.NET courses • COMP2870 (PTS) • COMP3973 (PTS) • COMP4870 Mature Course
Fast development - Drag & Drop • Free in the Windows platform (Mono under LINUX) • Visual Studio is the best IDE out there • Fully object oriented • Compiled • After PHP, ASP.NET is the most widely used web technology with 28.6% market share • http://www.w3cook.com/programminglanguage/asp.net Why ASP.NET?
Jason_Harrison@bcit.ca • twitter.com/bcitjason • Web developer since 1999 • D’Arcy Smith • D’Arcy_D_Smith@bcit.ca • Developer since 1993 • Medhat Elmasry • melmasry@bcit.ca Questions?