Course Details
Course Information Package
| Course Unit Title | WEB ENGINEERING I | ||||||||
| Course Unit Code | ACSC502 | ||||||||
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| Number of ECTS credits allocated | 7 | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
| Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
| Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||
| Course Contents | 1. Introduction - Networks, internet, Internet and Web. - Web Applications and Web-based Systems. - Web Evolution. - Web Engineering and Software Engineering. - Agile Software Development. - Web Engineering Process: Activities and Actions. 2. Basic Models and Architectures - Distributed Systems. - Client-Server Model and Client-Server Computing. - Model-View-Controller (MVC) Architecture. - Web Architecture. - Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). - Rich Internet Architecture (RIA). - Model-Driven Development. 3. Requirement Analysis and Specification - Activities, Methods and Techniques. - Use Cases and Use Case Modeling. 4. Web Application Analysis - The Object-Oriented Nature of Web Applications. - Tasks and Activities of Information (Content) Modeling - Functional Modeling - Human-System Interaction (Representation) Modeling and Configuration Modeling - UML-based Modeling. 5. Model-Driven Development of Web Applications - Introduction to and tutorial for using ArgoUWE for developing Web applications using UML. 6. Web Application Design - Architectural Design and Web Application Components - Design Principles and Activities: Information Design, Navigation Design, Interface Design - Data-related Design: Files and Database Approaches to manage large amount of data. Database-driven Web Applications. Introduction to XML Databases. Structured Databases on the Web. Web Databases Integration. Introduction to Mobile Databases. 7. Introduction to Ruby on Rail - Understanding the MVC Architecture - Structure of the Software and how Ruby on Rail works - Understanding and Working with Ruby Programming Language. 8. Web Application Testing - Quality and Testing - The Testing Process: Strategy and Activities - Testing Guidelines. 9. Project Management in Agile Web Applications Development - Specifics of the Web Project - Team construction - Management Activities. | ||||||||
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| Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The taught part of course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks. Furthermore theoretical principles are explained by means of specific examples and solution of specific problems. Students are encouraged to read related scientific papers and share their understanding in seminars. Part of the material is supplemented with supervised and unsupervised computer laboratory. Laboratories will include demonstrations of taught concepts and experimentation with related technologies. Additionally, during laboratory sessions, students apply their gained knowledge and identify the principles taught in the lecture sessions by means of working on different modelling tasks and specific programming languages. | ||||||||
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| Language of instruction | English | ||||||||
| Work placement(s) | NO | ||||||||
