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
One of FIT1002, FIT1008, FIT1035, FIT2034, FIT2071 or FIT2081 and one of FIT1004 or FIT2010
Janet Fraser
Hee Jeong Lee
Ali Alammary
| 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 MVC Design. Purpose and advantages of MVC compared to Web Forms development. | |
| 7 | Introduction to CakePHP. Overview of CakePHP installation on different server platforms | Assignment 1 due Friday 13 September 2013 at 2pm |
| 8 | Web site design using CakePHP layouts and integrated CSS. | |
| 9 | Using CakePHP to access Oracle, MYSQL and SQL Server databases. | |
| 10 | Authorisation and Authentication with CakePHP. Integrating plug-ins with CakePHP | |
| 11 | Using CakePHP to access the Web Server file system. Uplaoding files, sending email with CakepHP | |
| 12 | Purpose and advantages of jQuery. Integrating jQuery with CakePHP. Integrating content management systems with CakePHP | Assignment 2 due Friday 25 October 2013 at 2pm |
| 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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Examination (3 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%
| Assessment Task | Value | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1 - PHP | 20% | Friday 13 September 2013 at 2pm |
| Assignment 2 - CakePHP | 20% | Friday 25 October 2013 at 2pm |
| Examination 1 | 60% | To be advised |
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Previous student feedback has indicated that the inclusion of 2 technologies (PHP and ASP.NET) is too overwhelming for one unit. Therefore the unit content has been changed, so that only PHP will be taught. The inclusion of CakePHP will demonstrate industry relevant MVC design patterns.
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