The aim of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive overview of web application development. It will provide students with the skills to design and develop distributed web applications in a disciplined manner, using a range of Web technologies. It will also provide skills in the use of a number of professional tools and methods such as shared vesion control systems, virtual environments and collaborating in small software development teams

Lectures 2 hours per week, Laboratories 1 hour per week.

Internet Technology (M)

None

Lab Exercises (Rango application): 10%, Quizzes: 10%, Group Project: 40% (comprising Design specification 10%, Project demonstration 5%, Project application 25%), Exam: 40%

To provide an overview of the tools and technologies used in web development;

To promote the disciplined design and development of web applications in teams;

To develop an understanding of the complexity of building distributed applications;

To develop the ability to implement and deploy a web application.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

1. Describe and understand the opportunities and challenges involved in developing web applications and working in a distributed environment;

2. Use a variety of development tools and web technologies;

3. Explain and describe the different high level system architectures common to the web;

4. Understand and interpret the design and specifications of a web application;

5. Demonstrate proficiency with modern development workflows by utilising version control, virtual environments, and package managers to build web apps;

6. Collaborate effectively using Git and modern version control workflows to develop, and deploy a full-stack web application as a team.