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COMM 277T

Seminar: 01Units: 4Class#: 34784
Winter 2024

Building News Applications

Department of Communication

1/8/24 - 3/15/24
Instructor: Information Not Available

Enrollment Status

  • Open Seats: 14
  • Enrolled: 6
  • Capacity: 20
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  • Waitlist: 0
  • Waitlist Max: 10

Course Description

(Graduate students register for 277T. COMM 177T is offered for 5 units, COMM 277T is offered for 4 units.) This course introduces students to the process of building interactive web applications and visualizations for the news. Students will study examples from the news industry and gain proficiency in a range of technical languages, skills and tools: version control, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python, web protocols, and web hosting and deployment. Class exercises and projects will focus on the use of these technologies to produce applications that tell a story and engage the public. Students must have basic proficiency in Python, SQL and the Unix shell.

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