Class information
CIS234A Real-World Programming
- CRN: 41386
- Credits: 4
- Locations, days, times, and instructors:
- Online (scheduled meetings), TuThTuesday and Thursday, from 4 to 4:50pm
From September 23 through December 11, 2025, Mike A Mostafavi
- Online (scheduled meetings), TuThTuesday and Thursday, from 4 to 4:50pm
Class materials
Textbooks
No textbooks required
Technology
Required software:
- If you are using Java:
- Java SE 8 JDK or above (available free from Oracle opens in new window)
- IntelliJ IDE (community edition available free from IntelliJ opens in new window)
- If you are using .NET
- Visual Studio 2019 -2022 (available free from Microsoft Imagine opens in new window).
You can use Visual Studio 2017 if the team agrees, but the school computers have 2019-2022 - SQL Server Management Studio. (You can get SSMS 18.2 version from Microsoft opens in new window)
- Microsoft Office or Libre or Open Office
Microsoft Office is available free for students www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/products/office
Open Office is available for free thru www.openoffice.org/ opens in new window - If you are using PHP/JavaScript/MySQL
- XAMPP (available free from Apache Friends opens in new window)
- PHPStorm (available free with special 1 year renewable student license opens in new window from JetBrains)
- Git / GitHub (not necessary at the beginning; we'll discuss this as part of the class)
No show policy
Your instructor can mark you as a "no show" if you do not participate in your class during the first week. This will remove you from the class.
Students with disabilities
Students with disabilities should notify their instructor if accommodations are needed to take this class. For information about technologies that help people with disabilities taking Online based classes please visit the Disability Services website.