This unit provides students with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to develop an application system which uses a web interface to a back-end database. The unit assumes a sound basic knowledge of programming and database concepts and skills as developed in the introductory units in these areas (FIT1002 and FIT1004). The emphasis in the unit is on mastery of the key concepts and the basic knowledge and skills required to build this kind of application. The unit will provide students with an awareness of the wide range of technologies which are used to support this kind of application, but will examine only a limited number of these technologies to demonstrate the key concepts and their application.
The unit will take a strongly practical focus in examining the technology issues involved, and highlight the key issues which a developer needs to address in developing applications of this kind for real-world systems.
2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk
Lectures: 2 hours per week
Tutorials/Lab Sessions: 2 hours per week per tutorial
and up to an additional 8 hours in some weeks for completing lab and project work, private study and revision.
FIT2028, FIT2029, FIT3043, FIT3057
FIT1002 and either FIT1004 or FIT2010
Janet Fraser
Matthew Kairys
Mihir Mone
Vedran Askraba
At the completion of this unit, students will be able to:
Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%
| Assessment Task | Value | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1 - PHP | 25% | Friday 2 September 2011 at 2pm |
| Assignment 2 - ASP.NET | 25% | Friday 21 October 2011 at 2pm |
| Examination 1 | 50% | To be advised |
Monash is committed to excellence in education and regularly seeks feedback from students, employers and staff. One of the key formal ways students have to provide feedback is through SETU, Student Evaluation of Teacher and Unit. The University's student evaluation policy requires that every unit is evaluated each year. Students are strongly encouraged to complete the surveys. The feedback is anonymous and provides the Faculty with evidence of aspects that students are satisfied and areas for improvement.
For more information on Monash's educational strategy, and on student evaluations, see:
http://www.monash.edu.au/about/monash-directions/directions.html
http://www.policy.monash.edu/policy-bank/academic/education/quality/student-evaluation-policy.html
If you wish to view how previous students rated this unit, please go to
https://emuapps.monash.edu.au/unitevaluations/index.jsp
Refer to http://walkabout.infotech.monash.edu.au/walkabout/fit2076
Details will made available during semester. Please confirm with Lecturer.
| Week | Activities | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in week 0 | |
| 1 | Web database concepts, web database technologies, web services, virtual directories. History of PHP, installing PHP, PHP and IIS, PHP and Apache, PHP configuration | |
| 2 | Data types and operators, language constructs. Installing Oracle, installing SQL developer, creating and populating a database table, using PHP to connect to Oracle | |
| 3 | Using PHP to connect to MySQL. Data Access Layer concepts, using PHP Data Objects | |
| 4 | Use of HTML forms. Executing SQL Inserts, Updates and Deletes with PHP and Oracle. Dropdown lists, multiple check boxes and text boxes. | |
| 5 | Accessing the Web Server File System. File uploads. | |
| 6 | Introduction to ASP.NET, software requirements, ASP.NET installation, Visual Studio, web.config file. HTML form limitations, ASP.NET Server Controls, event driven programming and Postback, MS Online documentation | Assignment 1 due Friday 2 September 2011 at 2pm |
| 7 | C# data types, operators and language constructs | |
| 8 | DataSource controls - Oracle, MySQL and MS Access | |
| 9 | Data controls, using DataSource controls to manipulate data, GridView paging and sorting | |
| 10 | Master Pages and Skins | |
| 11 | Validation, Navigation and Login Controls | |
| 12 | Accessing the Web Server File System | Assignment 2 due Friday 21 October 2011 at 2pm |
| SWOT VAC | No formal assessment is undertaken SWOT VAC | |
| Examination period | LINK to Assessment Policy: http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/ academic/education/assessment/ assessment-in-coursework-policy.html |
*Unit Schedule details will be maintained and communicated to you via your MUSO (Blackboard or Moodle) learning system.
To pass a unit which includes an examination as part of the assessment a student must obtain:
If a student does not achieve 40% or more in the unit examination or the unit non-examination total assessment, and the total mark for the unit is greater than 50% then a mark of no greater than 49-N will be recorded for the unit
Quality of completed work.
Confirm with Lecturer about specific location of marking guide available at http://walkabout.infotech.monash.edu.au/walkabout/fit2076
Quality of completed work.
Confirm with Lecturer about specific location of marking guide available at http://walkabout.infotech.monash.edu.au/walkabout/fit2076
It is a University requirement (http://www.policy.monash.edu/policy-bank/academic/education/conduct/plagiarism-procedures.html) for students to submit an assignment coversheet for each assessment item. Faculty Assignment coversheets can be found at http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/student/forms/. Please check with your Lecturer on the submission method for your assignment coversheet (e.g. attach a file to the online assignment submission, hand-in a hard copy, or use an online quiz).
Submission must be made by the due date otherwise penalties will be enforced.
You must negotiate any extensions formally with your campus unit leader via the in-semester special consideration process: http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/student/equity/special-consideration.html.
Resubmission of assignments is not allowed
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You can find Monash's Education Policies at:
http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/academic/education/index.html
Key educational policies include:
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