Teaching assistant for practical exercices for 2 years (2018-2020). This course is followed by bachelor students in computer science (2nd year).

Objectives

At the end of the course, the student knows how to:

• Model, structure and represent information in XML
• Transform, manipulate and merge XML structures and models for the exchange of information between applications
• Format and render the information described in XML for user-oriented publishing on fixed and mobile devices.
• Develop applications using syntax parsers (tree-based, event-based) and current object models for processing and storing XML data
• Determine the stakes of new technologies, the importance of standardization in the process of data exchange and in the editorial chain of the company.

Content

• Document modeling & representing
  • Document Model
  • XML Language (syntax, tag)
  • DTD (Document Type Definition)
  • XML Schema - basic concepts
• Document Transforming
  • XPATH Language
  • XSLT Language
• Document Rendering
  • CSS (Cascading Style Sheet)
  • XSL-FO (Formating Object) Language
  • SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language), etc.
• Document Programming
  • DOM (Document Object Model) standard
  • SAX (Simple API for XML) standard
  • JDOM (Java API for DOM), JAXP (Java API for XML Processing)

My role in this course

I give the following practical courses:

• NodeJS : Discover the basics of NodeJS by creating a small task list management application
  • Setting up the project
  • Implementation of routes (GET and POST)
  • Front-end in Embedded JavaScript (EJS)
  • Reading a JSON file with NodeJS
• HTML/CSS/PWA
  • Familiarize with the features offered by HTML5
  • Become familiar with the use of a CSS framework (Bootstrap) to improve the design of a website
  • Create a first Progressive Web App
  • Host your website for free with GitLab/GitHub Pages
• XML
  • Study, test, understand, and become familiar with the handling of XML files
  • Become familiar with XML Schema (XSD) design
  • Use of XPath queries
  • Parsing of XML files.

Videos were recorded and uploaded on a private playlist on YouTube for these pratical work sessions.

Students also have to do two practical work at home. In this project, they hace to design a tool to manage invoices on an online site. The work is to be done in trinomes :

• Creation of invoices in JSON format
• Implementation of the web architecture (with NodeJS and HTML/CSS
• Improvement of the design using a CSS framework
• Give the possibility to download files in XML and JSON format

In a second part, students had to design the same tool using another framework : ASP .NET MVC or Spring MVC. They had to produce a video explaining :

• the theoretical operation of the framework
  • Global functioning of the framework
  • Operation for each component : Routing, Model, View, Controller
• how their application works with this framework
  • Identify the different elements of the framework (Model, View, Controller, Routing) in your project and explain how they work.
  • Presentation of the functionalities of the application and its elements
  • Choices made during implementation