Creating Web Applications
48 hours face to face + blended
One Semester or equivalent
Hawthorn
Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
Overview
This unit introduces the technology of the World Wide Web and concepts of Client-Server computing. Students will develop dynamic, data-driven websites using both client- and server-side programming languages.
Requisites
Prerequisites
COS60010
Technology Inquiry ProjectOR
TNE60003 Introduction to Network Programming
OR
COS60006 Introduction to Programming
OR
INF60008 Introduction to Programming in .NET
Assumed Knowledge
Basic familiarity with any procedural programming language
Anti-requisites
COS60002 Web Development
COS60007 Creating Web Applications and Databases
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Analyse the role of networking in the context of the web including tools to configure web clients and servers
- Demonstrate the use of mark up and presentation languages in creating web pages
- Create data driven webpages to demonstrate the use of server scripting and database access
- Describe the interaction between components of a web application, and comment on issues related to privacy, security, and commercial and social issues
- Conduct a comparative analysis of contemporary approaches to developing Internet applications, their purpose, internal architectures, and related issues
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
---|---|---|---|
Live Online Lecture |
1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
Online Lecture |
1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
On-campus Class |
2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning |
8.50 | 12 weeks | 102 |
TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
---|---|---|---|
Assignment | Individual | 10 - 30% | 2 |
Assignment | Individual | 20 - 40% | 2,3, 4 |
Assignment | Individual | 25 - 50% | 2,3,4,5 |
Laboratory Practicals | Individual | 10 - 30% | 1,2,3,4 |
Content
- Overview of the Internet and the World Wide Web.
- Clients and servers on the Web.
- Developing web sites with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, DOM, PHP and MySQL.
- Validating HTML and CSS against accepted standards.
- Creating Web pages with client and server-side interactivity.
- Application of accessibility and usability principles.
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.