CPE5011 Internet applications development - Semester 1 , 2008

Caulfield

• Janet Fraser

Prerequisites

Entry qualifications into any master's or honours program of the Faculty. CPE4001 Distributed Programming in Java (or previous exposure to an object-oriented programming language).

Relationships

Before attempting this unit you must have entry qualifications into any master's or honours program of the Faculty and CPE4001 Distributed Programming in Java (or previous exposure to an object-oriented programming language).

You may not study this unit and CPE4003 Web Topics in your degree.

Unit leader

Lecturer(s) :

This unit will be delivered via one - 2 hour lecture and one - 2 hour tutorial per week.  Lecturers may go through specific examples, give demonstrations and present information that contains theorectical concepts.  In tutorials students will complete practical exercises which will aid in their understanding of the content and their ability to complete assignment work.  The tutorials are particluarly useful in helping student consolidate concepts and practise their problem solving skills.

Tutorial allocation

Students should register for tutorials using Allocate+

Communication, participation and feedback

Monash aims to provide a learning environment in which students receive a range of ongoing feedback throughout their studies. You will receive feedback on your work and progress in this unit. This may take the form of group feedback, individual feedback, peer feedback, self-comparison, verbal and written feedback, discussions (on line and in class) as well as more formal feedback related to assignment marks and grades. You are encouraged to draw on a variety of feedback to enhance your learning.

It is essential that you take action immediately if you realise that you have a problem that is affecting your study. Semesters are short, so we can help you best if you let us know as soon as problems arise. Regardless of whether the problem is related directly to your progress in the unit, if it is likely to interfere with your progress you should discuss it with your lecturer or a Community Service counsellor as soon as possible.

Unit Schedule

Week	Topic	Key dates
1	Overview of XML Schema language. Simple types. Complex types. Namespaces. Namespaces, schemas and validation.
2	XSLT. Using XPath. Test expressions and functions. Cascading Stylesheets. Serving static and dynamic web pages. Setting up a development environment (ASP.NET). An overview of a development environment.
3	Serving static and dynamic web pages. Setting up a development environment (ASP.NET). An overview of a development environment. What are Virtual Directories, Setting Up a Virtual Directory, Using a Virtual Directory. HTTP protocol reviewed. HTML forms reviewed. Server controls.
4	C# basics: data types and operators; control structures and functions. Event driven programming and postback. Objects in C#. Static class members and class relationships.	20/3/2008
Mid semester break
5	Namespaces and core objects. State handling. Objects and structured data. Using data sources. Reading data with ADO.NET objects. Manipulating data.
6	Manipulating XML as a data store. Navigating the nodes. Types of server controls. Page lifecyles and using server controls. Control families and data templates. A larger example
7	Components and user controls. Code behind. .NET Assemblies. Custom Server Controls. Web services. Building simple services. Deploying services.
8	Configuration. Optimisation. Authentication. Sending email, Accessing File System: Uploading, Reading, Creating, Copying, Deleting files. Creating graphics with ASP.NET
9	Ajax defined, using Ajax. Using Ajax with ASP.NET, using Ajax with ASP.NET and databases
10	Web pages for mobile devices. Navigating a mobile site. List controls and data binding. Validation controls. Rich controls. Styling page output. Writing controls. New device support. Web services.	9/5/2008
11	Understanding JavaScript, creating a simple script, how JavaScript programs work. Using and storing values, using strings and arrays, testing and comparing values, using loops. Using built in objects, browser objects, creating custom objects, responding to events
12	Using windows and frames, getting data with forms, using graphics and animation, browser specific scripts. Dynamic pages with layers.Cookies. Programming practices	23/5/2008
13	Revision

Prescribed text(s) and readings

None

Recommended text(s) and readings

Goodman, Danny. JavaScript Bible, IDG Books , 2004

Evjen, Sharkey, Thangarathinam & Kay, Professional XML, Wrox Books, 2007

Evjen, Hanselman, Muhammad et al., Professional ASP.NET 2.0, Wrox Books, 2006

Required software and/or hardware

All required software is loaded in computer labs.

Software for student home use may be:

• downloaded from http://walkabout.infotech.monash.edu.au/walkabout/cpe5011
• purchased at academic price at good software retailers

Equipment and consumables required or provided

Students may use the facilities available in the computing labs. Information about computer use for students is available from the ITS Student Resource Guide in the Monash University Handbook. You will need to allocate up to 10 hours per week for use of a computer, including time for newsgroups/discussion groups.

Study resources

Study resources we will provide for your study are:

The CPE5011 website, http://walkabout.netcomp.monash.edu.au/walkabout/CPE5011 where lecture materials, audio lectures, tutorial exercises, assignment specifications, sample exam and supplementary materials are posted.

Library access

The Monash University Library site contains details about borrowing rights and catalogue searching. To learn more about the library and the various resources available, please go to http://www.lib.monash.edu.au.  Be sure to obtain a copy of the Library Guide, and if necessary, the instructions for remote access from the library website.

Monash University Studies Online (MUSO)

All unit and lecture materials are available through MUSO (Monash University Studies Online). Blackboard is the primary application used to deliver your unit resources. Some units will be piloted in Moodle.

You can access MUSO and Blackboard via the portal (http://my.monash.edu.au).

Click on the Study and enrolment tab, then Blackboard under the MUSO learning systems.

In order for your Blackboard unit(s) to function correctly, your computer needs to be correctly configured.

For example :

• Blackboard supported browser
• Supported Java runtime environment

For more information, please visit

http://www.monash.edu.au/muso/support/students/downloadables-student.html

You can contact the MUSO Support by: Phone: (+61 3) 9903 1268

For further contact information including operational hours, please visit

http://www.monash.edu.au/muso/support/students/contact.html

Further information can be obtained from the MUSO support site:

http://www.monash.edu.au/muso/support/index.html

If your unit is piloted in Moodle, you will see a link from your Blackboard unit to Moodle at http://moodle.med.monash.edu.au.
From the Faculty of Information Technology category, click on the link for your unit.

Unit assessment policy

The unit is assessed with three assignments and a two hour closed book examination. To pass the unit you must:

• obtain 40% for the assignments overall
• obtain 40% for the examination
• obtain 50% for the unit overall

If a student does not achieve 40% or more in the unit examination or the assignment component, then a mark of no greater than 44-N will be recorded for the unit.

Assignment tasks

• Assignment Task

  Title : Ass1

  Description :

  XML Assignment

  Weighting : 15%

  Criteria for assessment :

  • XML must validate against Schema
  • XLST documents must produce the specified output
  • Marks will be deducted for poor layout, use of hard-coded values and not meeting output specifications
  • Students should read assignment marking guide to see full break down of marks

  Due date : 20/3/2008

• Assignment Task

  Title : Ass2

  Description :

  ASP.NET Assignment

  Weighting : 25%

  Criteria for assessment :

  • Assignment MUST function on Monash University Triton web server
  • Majority of marks will be awarded for functionality, with a small amount of marks awarded for design and usability
  • Students should read assignment marking guide to see full break down of marks

  Due date : 9/5/2008

• Assignment Task

  Title : Ass3

  Description :

  ASP.NET Mobile Assignment

  Weighting : 15%

  Criteria for assessment :

  • Assignment MUST function on Monash University Triton web server
  • Majority of marks will be awarded for functionality, with a small amount of marks awarded for design and usability
  • Students should read assignment marking guide to see full break down of marks

  Due date : 23/5/2008

• Assignment Task

  Title : Quiz Questions

  Description :

  • Students are required to construct 5 multiple choice quiz questions
  • Marks will be awarded for suitability and quality of questions
  • Outstanding questions will be added to the unit web site

  Weighting : 5%

  Criteria for assessment :

  Due date : 12/10/2007

Examinations

• Examination

  Weighting : 40%

  Length : 2 hours

  Type ( open/closed book ) : Closed book

  Remarks ( optional - leave blank for none ) :

  • Examination will cover the ASP.NET and JavaScript components of the unit

Assignment submission

Assignments will be submitted by electronic submission to the student server. The due date is the date by which the submission must be received.

Assignment coversheets

Students are required to submit an electronic cover sheet with their assignment This cover sheet can be downloaded from the unit web site

Due dates and extensions

The due dates for the submission of assignments are given in the previous section. Please make every effort to submit work by the due dates. It is your responsibility to structure your study program around assignment deadlines, family, work and other commitments. Factors such as normal work pressures, vacations, etc. are seldom regarded as appropriate reasons for granting extensions. Students are advised to NOT assume that granting of an extension is a matter of course.

Requests for extensions must be made to the unit lecturer at your campus at least two days before the due date. You will be asked toforward original medical certificates in cases of illness, and may beasked to provide other forms of documentation where necessary. A copy of the email or other written communication of an extension must be attached to the assignment submission.

Late assignment

Late assignments are not accepted for correction, and zero marks are awarded accordingly. The only exception to this is in the case of illness or other serious cause. In any such cases, proper third party documentation (e.g. a doctor's certificate) would have to be supplied. Where a doctor's certificate is supplied, then an extension may be allowed for time specified on the doctor's certificate.

Return dates

Students can expect assignments to be returned within two weeks of the submission date or after receipt, whichever is later.

Assessment for the unit as a whole is in accordance with the provisions of the Monash University Education Policy at http://www.policy.monash.edu/policy-bank/academic/education/assessment/

Assignment correction sheets will be completed and placed in the student's directory on the student server.

Plagiarism, cheating and collusion

Plagiarism and cheating are regarded as very serious offences. In cases where cheating  has been confirmed, students have been severely penalised, from losing all marks for an assignment, to facing disciplinary action at the Faculty level. While we would wish that all our students adhere to sound ethical conduct and honesty, I will ask you to acquaint yourself with Student Rights and Responsibilities (http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/about/committees-groups/facboard/policies/studrights.html) and the Faculty regulations that apply to students detected cheating as these will be applied in all detected cases.

In this University, cheating means seeking to obtain an unfair advantage in any examination or any other written or practical work to be submitted or completed by a student for assessment. It includes the use, or attempted use, of any means to gain an unfair advantage for any assessable work in the unit, where the means is contrary to the instructions for such work. 

When you submit an individual assessment item, such as a program, a report, an essay, assignment or other piece of work, under your name you are understood to be stating that this is your own work. If a submission is identical with, or similar to, someone else's work, an assumption of cheating may arise. If you are planning on working with another student, it is acceptable to undertake research together, and discuss problems, but it is not acceptable to jointly develop or share solutions unless this is specified by your lecturer. 

Intentionally providing students with your solutions to assignments is classified as "assisting to cheat" and students who do this may be subject to disciplinary action. You should take reasonable care that your solution is not accidentally or deliberately obtained by other students. For example, do not leave copies of your work in progress on the hard drives of shared computers, and do not show your work to other students. If you believe this may have happened, please be sure to contact your lecturer as soon as possible.

Cheating also includes taking into an examination any material contrary to the regulations, including any bilingual dictionary, whether or not with the intention of using it to obtain an advantage.

Plagiarism involves the false representation of another person's ideas, or findings, as your own by either copying material or paraphrasing without citing sources. It is both professional and ethical to reference clearly the ideas and information that you have used from another writer. If the source is not identified, then you have plagiarised work of the other author. Plagiarism is a form of dishonesty that is insulting to the reader and grossly unfair to your student colleagues.

Register of counselling about plagiarism

The university requires faculties to keep a simple and confidential register to record counselling to students about plagiarism (e.g. warnings). The register is accessible to Associate Deans Teaching (or nominees) and, where requested, students concerned have access to their own details in the register. The register is to serve as a record of counselling about the nature of plagiarism, not as a record of allegations; and no provision of appeals in relation to the register is necessary or applicable.

Non-discriminatory language

The Faculty of Information Technology is committed to the use of non-discriminatory language in all forms of communication. Discriminatory language is that which refers in abusive terms to gender, race, age, sexual orientation, citizenship or nationality, ethnic or language background, physical or mental ability, or political or religious views, or which stereotypes groups in an adverse manner. This is not meant to preclude or inhibit legitimate academic debate on any issue; however, the language used in such debate should be non-discriminatory and sensitive to these matters. It is important to avoid the use of discriminatory language in your communications and written work. The most common form of discriminatory language in academic work tends to be in the area of gender inclusiveness. You are, therefore, requested to check for this and to ensure your work and communications are non-discriminatory in all respects.

Students with disabilities

Students with disabilities that may disadvantage them in assessment should seek advice from one of the following before completing assessment tasks and examinations:

• Faculty of Information Technology Student Service staff, and / or
• your Unit Coordinator, or
• Disabilities Liaison Unit

Deferred assessment and special consideration

Deferred assessment (not to be confused with an extension for submission of an assignment) may be granted in cases of extenuating personal circumstances such as serious personal illness or bereavement. Information and forms for Special Consideration and deferred assessment applications are available at http://www.monash.edu.au/exams/special-consideration.html. Contact the Faculty's Student Services staff at your campus for further information and advice.