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Elements and Performance Criteria

Analyse the requirements for web documents requiring server-side dynamic interaction
Design server-side scripts
Produce the web documents
- Write the extensible hypertext markup language (XHTML), considering accessibility
- Write server-side scripts to current XHTML standards
Test the scripts and debug
- Test the web document against required the functionality and reiterate until correct
- Complete the documentation and submit it to the appropriate person for their approval
Set up security
- Determine the necessary permissions to prevent error messages displaying to the public
- Configure server software to minimise potential database attacks

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

create dynamic web pages according to all job requirements, using server-side scripting to retrieve information from a web-hosted database

create scripts for:

the quick upload of data to web-hosted databases

inserting, updating, and deleting data from a web server database

encoding passwords

uploading and retrieving images

managing sessions, and creating a secure login.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

explain server-side technologies, and the relevant web scripting languages

discuss server-side web analysis and design parameters

summarise and apply, programming control structures and object-oriented programming

outline web-programming concepts including:

the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)

stateless programming

session management

authentication and web security.