zyBook On-line Learning Supplement for CSCI 3826

The zyBook associated with this course is a highly recommended, though optional, adjunct for learning the material covered in the course.

Here are the signup steps for the zyBook:

1. Sign in or create an account at learn.zybooks.com
2. Enter this zyBook code: SMUCSCI3826ScobeyWinter2020
3. Subscribe

Cost and relevant dates:

• A subscription costs $58US.
• Students may begin subscribing on Dec 23, 2019.
• The cutoff date to subscribe is Apr 12, 2020.
• Subscriptions will last until May 09, 2020.

The zyBook's earlier sections can be used as an excellent reviewof HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and they also contain material from those topics not covered previously in CSCI 2355 and probably also not covered in the mobile app course (CSCI 2356). The later sections of the zyBook contain sections on the material to be covered in CSCI 3826 (PHP, MySQL, JSON, and so on). You may proceed through the zyBook at your own pace. There is more material in the zyBook than what is required to be covered but if you sign up for the book you might as well take advantage of all that you have the time to cover. Exercises similar to those in the zyBook and that deal with material that we do cover may appear on the periodic quizzes and/or the final exam in the course.

We will also be covering material in class that is not included in the zyBook, and the order in which we will cover material that does appear in the zyBook may not be the same as the order of that material in the zyBook.