Schedule

All class meetings have a beginning of class quiz that starts promptly at 3 PM unless otherwise indicated.

All assignment turnins are through the course gradescope page. Readings marked with 🧑‍🎓 are only required for graduate students; readings marked with 📵 will not be covered on the quiz.

All content videos I record for this class will be in this list, but also will be added to the CS 484 YouTube playlist.

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Type	Date	Topic	Content	Notes
homework release	Monday, August 21, 2023 at 8:00:00 AM	homework 0 - calibration & assignment turn in
lecture	Monday, August 21, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Syllabus, motivation, introduction	Course intro & motivation Important IDE features 📵 so you want to be a wizard 📵
homework release	Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 11:00:00 AM	Final Project Pitch (checkpoint 0)
lecture	Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	HTTP Fundamentals	Web Architecture Intro A Brief history of HTTP (read through HTTP/1.1) How Websites Work 📵 Complete this survey before class (required)	In class activity: explaining & setting up a dev environment, PR review if we have time
homework due	Friday, August 25, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	homework 0 - calibration & assignment turn in
lecture	Monday, August 28, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	JavaScript for Computer Scientists	JavaScript for CS Majors TypeScript in Five Minutes The Modern JavaScript Tutorial - good primer on JS the language 📵 MDN - good reference for web dev overall 📵
homework release	Monday, August 28, 2023 at 10:00:00 PM	homework 1 - crud apps
lecture	Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Computer Security Fundamentals	Threat Modeling What is the CIA Triad What is Web Application Security? 📵 OWASP Top 10 📵	No video today.
homework release	Monday, September 4, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Homework 4: SECURITY - Hacking a Juice Shop
lecture	Monday, September 4, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	No class - Labor Day
homework due	Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Final Project Pitch (checkpoint 0)
lecture	Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Networking Concepts for Web Development	Networking Zine What Is a Certificate Authority (CA)? Video on network layering 📵 Demystifying the TLS Handshake: What it is and how it works 📵 Let's Encrypt: An Automated Certificate Authority to Encrypt the Entire Web 🧑‍🎓
homework release	Thursday, September 7, 2023 at 11:00:00 AM	Final Project checkpoint 1
homework due	Friday, September 8, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	homework 1 - crud apps
homework release	Monday, September 11, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Homework 2 - React
lecture	Monday, September 11, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Networking continued	Networking Zine What Is a Certificate Authority (CA)? Video on network layering 📵 Demystifying the TLS Handshake: What it is and how it works 📵 Let's Encrypt: An Automated Certificate Authority to Encrypt the Entire Web 🧑‍🎓	No quiz. Continuing with previous discussion focusing on TCP, TLS, and HTTPS.
lecture	Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Details of HTTP	HTTP/1.1 HTTP/2 HTTP Caching HTTP/3 📵	REMINDER! This lecture content will not will be covered on exam 1.
exam	Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 6:00:00 PM	exam 1	HTTP Protocol	exam is in LC F6. Live code for HW1
lecture	Monday, September 18, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Stateful HTTP: Cookies!	Cookies The Same Origin Policy Safari Intelligent Tracking Prevention
lecture	Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Basics of React	React Under the Hood React Props React State UseState demo 📵 Functional Components Demo 📵	Additional optional reading by my robot friend: Comparison of reactivity models. Highly recommend the React Tutorial as well, but quiz will be on the required readings. The rest of the "Learn ReactJS" playlist looks ok but I haven't fully vetted it.
homework due	Monday, September 25, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Final Project checkpoint 1
lecture	Monday, September 25, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Measuring App Performance	Instrumenting your app Web Vitals What is Google Lighthouse? An Empirical View on Consolidation of the Web 🧑‍🎓
homework release	Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 11:00:00 AM	Final Project checkpoint 2
lecture	Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Web APIs	APIs: The web is your computer Introduction to web APIs Third party APIs Most websites don't need to vibrate 🧑‍🎓	This lecture will be delivered asynchronously - no in class meeting.
homework due	Friday, September 29, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Homework 2 - React
homework release	Monday, October 2, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Homework 3 - Serverless Web Application
lecture	Monday, October 2, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Bundlers, Transpilers, and Modules	Bundler basics / motivation Vite in 100 seconds 📵 Astro in 100 seconds 📵 CJS vs. ES modules
lecture	Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Authentication in depth	Authentication best practices OAUTH 2.0 overview How does SSO work	This lecture's content will not be on this evening's exam. We actually ended up doing exam review the entire day anyway.
exam	Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 6:00:00 PM	exam 2	Client side concerns	exam is in LC F6. Live code for HW2 (available after 3pm Oct 2nd)
lecture	Monday, October 9, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Authentication in depth (retry)	Authentication best practices OAUTH 2.0 overview How does SSO work More on OAUTH
lecture	Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Hydration and SSR	Next.js in 100 seconds Perils of (re)hydration React Server Components 📵
lecture	Monday, October 16, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Databases	7 Database Paradigms SQLite for web apps What ORMs have taught me: just learn SQL background on ORMs if you need it to understand the just learn SQL article 📵
lecture	Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Databases II	7 Database Paradigms 📵 SQLite for web apps 📵 What ORMs have taught me: just learn SQL 📵 background on ORMs if you need it to understand the just learn SQL article 📵	No quiz - participation questions only today as we catch up on content.
homework due	Monday, October 23, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Homework 3 - Serverless Web Application
lecture	Monday, October 23, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Databases III	7 Database Paradigms 📵 SQLite for web apps 📵 What ORMs have taught me: just learn SQL 📵 background on ORMs if you need it to understand the just learn SQL article 📵	No quiz - doing a "use databases" activity during class - bring your laptop.
lecture	Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Server side exam review	Next.js Link component 📵 signin.astro 📵 OAuth on input-limited devices (refer back to slides) 📵	No quiz - prepare for class by bringing questions about this module's content. The readings listed here are last minute HINTZ for the exam. If you don't understand something, ask about it in class.
exam	Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 6:00:00 PM	exam 3	Server side concerns	exam is in LC F6
lecture	Monday, October 30, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Guest Lecture: UX and Design Systems	USWDS website (click around and get familiar with what it provides) How to deliver digital services The law that requires accessible federal digital services 📵 Delivering a digital-first public experience USWDS Design principles 📵 UX Engineers: What We Are 📵 Design systems 101 📵	This will be a guest lecture by Anne Petersen. Bring questions related to UX, design systems, working for the federal government, or anything else you can think of! The last three optional readings are background if you aren't familiar with what UX is or what a design system is.
homework due	Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Final Project checkpoint 2
lecture	Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Hacking Tools and XSS	How to get started with Burp Suite 📵 The Samy Worm (as told by Samy) 📵 Excess XSS	All quiz content from Excess XSS page; will provide a quick intro to Juice Shop if needed at beginning of class. Burp demo video is helpful for using it alongside the Juice Shop.
homework release	Friday, November 3, 2023 at 11:00:00 AM	Final Project
lecture	Monday, November 6, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	XSS, CORS, CSRF	CORS, XSS and CSRF with examples in 10 minutes Explanation for CORS preflight requests 📵
lecture	Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Database Security	SQL Injection Serverless DB Configuration Avoiding insecure firebase configurations 📵
homework due	Monday, November 13, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Homework 4: SECURITY - Hacking a Juice Shop
homework release	Monday, November 13, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Homework 5 - Measuring Performance
lecture	Monday, November 13, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Browser fingerprinting and privacy	Browser fingerprinting, a video Browser fingerprinting, an introduction Browser fingerprinting, a survey 🧑‍🎓
lecture	Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Passwords and passkeys	Passkeys: what the heck and why Multi-Factor Authentication	This lecture is on security but is not on this evening's exam.
exam	Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 6:00:00 PM	exam 4	Web security concerns	exam is in LC F6
lecture	Monday, November 20, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Office hours change		Professor Kanich's office hours this week will be in person Tuesday 2-4pm due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
lecture	Monday, November 20, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Buzzword bingo - app deployment edition	Kubernetes in 100 seconds 12 factor apps in 2022 Understanding cloud deployment modalities
lecture	Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	System design interview introduction	Fundamental technical system design concepts Animated CAP theorem (Raft implementation) 📵	Today's class will be HYBRID in the classroom and Professor Kanich's zoom room. The entire system design interview guide is good review of what we've covered in class, but the quiz will be on the sections that cover the CAP theorem and replication.
lecture	Monday, November 27, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	No class - evening exam payback
lecture	Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	No class - evening exam payback
homework due	Friday, December 1, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Final Project
homework due	Friday, December 1, 2023 at 3:00:00 PM	Homework 5 - Measuring Performance
exam	Monday, December 4, 2023 at 8:00:00 AM	exam 5	System design: lightly but not completely cumulative	Exam is in Lecture Center C6