Building scaleable web sites using client-side and server-side frameworks (e.g. JQuery, CodeIgniter). Data transfer technologies, e.g. XML and JSON. Building highly interactive web sites using e.g. AJAX. Web services. Deploying applications and services to the web: servers, infrastructure services, and traffic and performance analysis. Web and application development for mobile devices.
Total contact hours: 30
Private study hours: 120
Total study hours: 150
Main assessment methods
50% Coursework and 50% Examination
Reassessment methods
Like for like.
Robin Nixon Learning PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Dynamic Websites, O'Reilly, 2009
Adam Tracy, Robert Hamson, Jason Essington and Anna Tokke, GWT in Action, Manning, 2nd Edition, 2013.
Wei-Meng Lee, Beginning Android 4 Development, Wrox (Wiley), 2012
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See the library reading list for this module (Medway)
The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1 Build and deploy highly interactive, scalable and maintainable web-based systems using various tools, platforms and frameworks.
2 Understand the technologies, and the usability and performance tradeoffs, involved in creating highly interactive web-based applications.
3 Implement simple web services and understand the relationship between web sites and web services
4 Build responsive systems for mobile devices, using the web and as applications.
The intended generic learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1 Demonstrate comprehension of the trade-offs involved in design-choices.
2 Make effective use of IT facilities and information sources for solving problems.
3 Be able to manage their own learning and development, through self-directed study and working on continuous assessment.
4 Make effective use of a range of tools, such as a web browser and database query browser.
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