This unit covers: Distributed database systems: clients, servers, application servers; Database servers, clusters of servers; Distributed database architectures: single-tier, two-tier, multi-tier; Implementation issues: performance, security, transactions; Enterprise application server capabilities: hot deployment, clean shutdown, clustering, farming, load balancing, automatic fail-over; Enterprise application coding: DBMS access, distributed components, messaging services, authentication, authorisation, encryption, transactions; and Enterprise application software development tools. Access to the Universitys computer systems through an Internet service provider is compulsory for off-campus students.
2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk
The workload commitments for this unit is 12 hours per week.
For on-campus students: 2 hours of lectures, 2 hours of computer laboratories, plus 8 hours of private study and programming.
CSE3450, GCO3823, GCO4823
FIT1007 or GCO1812 or FIT2034 or equivalent.
Tarun Sukhani
Tarun Sukhani
Examination (3 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%
| Assessment Task | Value | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment - First milestone | 20% | Week 6 |
| Assignment - Second milestone | 20% | Week 11 |
| Examination 1 | 60% | To be advised |
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Please check with your lecturer before purchasing any Required Resources. Prescribed texts are available for you to borrow in the library, and prescribed software is available in student labs.
This is community-supported software - it will be available in the labs or you can download and install it yourself.
| Week | Activities | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in week 0 | |
| 1 | Introduction to developing enterprise applications | |
| 2 | Software management practices and agile development | |
| 3 | Software design patterns | |
| 4 | Introduction to software modularization with OSGi | |
| 5 | Enterprise Software Modularization with OSGi | |
| 6 | Software quality and continuous improvement | Assignment - First milestone |
| 7 | Logging and persistence | |
| 8 | Messaging and Message Brokering | |
| 9 | Authentication and authorization services | |
| 10 | Unit and UA testing | |
| 11 | Systems testing, mocking and debugging | Assignment - Second milestone |
| 12 | Exam review | |
| SWOT VAC | No formal assessment is undertaken in SWOT VAC | |
| Examination period | LINK to Assessment Policy: http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/ academic/education/assessment/ assessment-in-coursework-policy.html |
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Group project that demonstrates the practical application of knowledge gained through the course material.The group project will be assessed on an ongoing basis, with the first phase due in Week 6 and the final phase due in Week 11.
Correctness, Robustness, User Interface, Efficiency, Simplicity, Modularity and Layout.
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Correctness, Robustness, User Interface, Efficiency, Simplicity, Modularity, Layout, Multiuser,Transactions, Authentication and Authorization.
Most of these will be detailed in the assignment preparation guide.
The centralised project management system at www.pivotaltracker.com will be used to distinguish individual contributions to group work.
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