CSE31MS Assignment 1999

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Objectives

• Practice writing html files.
• Understand how to write simple CGI scripts using Perl.
• Practice writing a simple Java applet.

Problem Overview

company@pears.cs.latrobe.edu.au

The company Shop Location and Postal Address are;

Hunky-Dory Sports
55 Jessica St
Mont Albert
Victoria.

Hunky-Dory Sports G.P.O. Box 3345 Melbourne 3001

The web home page should have links to other pages which provide product information, pictures, and online order forms. Online orders are processed by a cgi script which formats the fields, and mails the form content to the company e-mail address when they are submitted.

Specific Tasks

1. Design a company logo using a graphics package or paint program you have access to on your home computer or on the department's NT server.
2. Implement the the company home page in html. In addition to the logo, address and email link, provide a numbered list of links to the following services.
   1. Electronic Ordering
   2. Product Database Search
   3. Product Pictures
3. Write a java applet which displays the company logo, and plays a sound clip that you have found on the web.
4. Write an html form that collects the following information and uses your ordering Perl CGI script to store the contents of the form to the company database, in a file "Orders.dat".
   1. Customer Name
   2. Up to five (5) Product Codes
   3. The customer e-mail address
   4. credit card number and expiry date.
5. Write a second Perl CGI script that allows the user to enter a key word, and which displays all the entries in a product database which have that key word in their product description. Assume that the product data fields are tab separated and that each product record is stored on a single line of a text file. A sample database file can be downloaded here .
6. Write an html page to display three (3) thumbnail product images that expand to a full size image when they are clicked on. Each image should have an associated caption that gives the product code, description and price. You will find the full resolution and thumbnails of the product pictures in here .
7. Write a short report of not more than 3 typed pages which discusses any difficulties you encountered during the project. You should also discuss any security and design issues that you think are particularly important in the context of electronic commerce and the design of Web services of this type.

Submission

Submission will be electronically managed via the commands submit and verify. To submit your assignment create a directory called "ms". Copy into the "ms" directory all your html files and any images, sound files and all the files necessary for your Perl CGI scripts.

Execute the command "submit MS ms" to send the contents of the directory to the submission site. You can check that the submission has been successful by issuing a "verify" command. If you make an incorrect submission resubmit using the "submit" command again. This will overwrite your previous submission.

If you have any difficulties with the operation of the " submit " command you should use "man submit" to check that you understand how to use the submit command.

Marking Scheme Outline

Homepage and Links	[15 marks]
Java Applet	[15 marks]
Order form and Perl Script	[25 marks]
Product Enquiry Page and Perl Script	[30 marks]
Report	[15 marks]