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Postgraduate - UnitFIT4041 - Web development

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Not offered in 2012

Synopsis

Content covered in this unit, includes: Static and dynamic web pages; ASP.Net environment; HTML forms reviewed; Standard server controls; C# language; Page life cycles; Event driven programming and postback; C# basics; Objects in C#; Namespaces and core objects; State handling; Objects and structured data; Validation controls; Master pages; Themes and skins; Navigation controls; Using data sources; Reading and updating data stores; XML files as data store; Using Grids; Data binding; Configuration and optimisation; Authentication; Email and accessing file systems; Components and user controls; Code behind; .NET Assemblies; Custom Server Controls; Using Ajax; Mobile Web page development; Styling page output; and New device support.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have:

an understanding of web environments and their components;
an understanding of the principles of object oriented Internet applications development;
the knowledge and skills to design and implement web based applications, using a server side applications development environment;
the knowledge and skills to design and implement mobile applications;
the knowledge and skills to implement data stores in web based applications;
a professional attitude towards the development of web based information systems.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%
Students must gain a satisfactory result in both the practical and exercises work and the exam to gain a pass in the unit. The examination must be sat at a Monash campus.