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There were only five assignments for the entire semester. The couse also requires you to read a book: Web Design For The Mass Media, that discusses some important issues concerning website development. To summarize some important issues:

1. Copyright,
2. Content and Orginization,
3. Readability of Content,
4. and Simple Tutorials on HTML.

There is more inforamtion covered in the book than what I have listed but what I have listed are the most important ones I have read. Please follow the link to learn more about Web Design For The Mass Media by: William Kovarik.

      After reading the book I have come to the conclusion that this book is not very useful for writing the code for advanced scripts like perl. If you want to learn perl, java, javascript or any other web-based language than my suggestion for you is to visit websites that offer tutorials on the language you want to learn. People ask me to give them the url to a website that I think has good tutorials on more than just one language. For beginners, I say, just go to google and type: "Perl Tutorials" in the search field. However, if for some reason you don't have the time to do that than I suggest you go to the following links: html goodies and dynamicdrive.
      I recommend you go to html goodies first because they offer a good foundation for beginners and an array of tutorials on web-based languages. However if you are looking for a more advanced approach then go to dynamic drive where you will be able to view people's scripts. The only problem with dynamic drive is they allow you to copy their scripts, for me I just like to make my own scripts that way I don't have to give thanks to anyone and it gives me the oppurtunity to learn more.

• C: Communication
• A: Arts and
• S: Science.

      The CAS 483 course offered at Penn State University is a simple introduction course to web site development. The course targets anyone who may not be familiar with how a website works or how to create a website. Besides that, Dr. Ellen Taricani (professor of CAS 483) also teaches students some of the major issues in creating a website. Take for example copy right, laws on the internet. To learn more about what CAS 483 has to offer, visit Dr. Taricani's website at the following url: