Session 1: I have another example to show from the Service List Manager project. This tool is nearly complete, so I’ll also be discussing what sort of finishing touches that might be applied to this kind of application. Also, let’s continue looking at your source code examples. I would like everyone to show at least one example before week 10.

Final Project Schedule:
Session 2, Week 7 – Final project concept presentations (explain to class your concept)
Session 1, Week 8 – Final project development plans due (paper copies of finished devplans)
Session 2, Week 8 – First of three progress reports (show code, get feedback, etc.)
Session 1, Week 9 – Second progress report
Session 1, Week 10 – Discuss take home final essay questions
Session 1, Week 10 – Third progress report
Week 11 – Final presentations

Session 2: Template engines are another tool to help build complex web based applications. Usually the purpose of a template engine is to help separate the presentation layer from the logic, or back-end. One example of an Open Source templates engine project is Smarty. Here’s a brief description from their website:

Although Smarty is known as a “Template Engine”, it would be more accurately described as a “Template/Presentation Framework.” That is, it provides the programmer and template designer with a wealth of tools to automate tasks commonly dealt with at the presentation layer of an application. I stress the word Framework because Smarty is not a simple tag-replacing template engine. Although it can be used for such a simple purpose, its focus is on quick and painless development and deployment of your application, while maintaining high-performance, scalability, security and future growth.