This unit focuses on the design and development of Internet applications with a focus on web services technology. The unit presents an overview of multi-tier web applications and technologies that operate in different layers of typical web architectures. In particular, the unit will introduce the emergence of web services from middleware and Enterprise Architecture Integration (EAI), the fundamental concepts of Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), web services and the key standards that underpin web services: SOAP, WSDL and UDDI. Various service discovery protocols will be evaluated and compared. This unit also teaches a range of web application development technologies focusing on state-of-the-art object oriented scripting languages for mobile and conventional web applications. The unit will provide students with skills to enable web page functionality through scripting, to program and deploy web services as well as to access and consume/use web services. It is assumed that all students have a strong knowledge of object-oriented programming.
10 hrs lectures/wk, 10 hrs laboratories/wk for 5 weeks
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Lectures: 2 hours per day
Tutorials/Lab Sessions: 2 hours per day per tutorial
and up to an additional 30 hours in some weeks for completing lab and assignment work, private study and revision.
It is assumed that all students have a strong knowledge of object-oriented programming, e.g. Java, C# or C++.
Jue (Grace) Xie
Consultation hours: 3-5pm on every weekday during the term
Jue (Grace) Xie
Consultation hours: 3-5pm on every weekday during the term
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The median of the overall student satisfaction for the unit was 4.80 out of 5 from the previous offering, which indicates students satisfaction on unit structure and content. However, in order to reflect the new trend in Internet application development, RESTful style web services will be promoted with introcution of new concepts on Backend as a service (Baas), API servers, and asynchronous programming for web application development. Introduction to SOAP style web service standards, WSDL and UDDI in particular, will be reduced accordingly to allow this change.
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| Week | Activities | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Pre-reading provided background topics on web application design and development | No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in week 0 |
| 1 | Sessions 1-5 for SOA Introduction, Refresher on HTML, CSS and JavaScript, Web Service Standards, Backend as a service, API Servers, and Asynchronous Programming | |
| 2 | Sessions 6-10 for Web Services Composition, Reliable Messaging, Security, Quality of Service, and Service Level Agreements | |
| 3 | Sessions 11-15 for Web Services Advanced Topics, Introduction to Single-page Application, Introduction to C# and ASP.NET | Assignment 1 due on Monday 10 August 2015 at 11:55PM |
| 4 | Sessions 16-20 for ASP.NET Web Form, Server Controls, and Data Source Controls | |
| 5 | Sessions 21-24 for Web Site Creation Using ASP.NET MVC, Revision and Discussion | Assignment 2 due on Wednesday 26 August 2015 at 11:55PM; Examination on Friday 28 August 2015 |
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| 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): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%
| Assessment Task | Value | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1 - Create and Consume Web Services Using Java Technologies | 25% | Monday 10 August 2015 at 11:55PM |
| Assignment 2 - Web Site Development Using ASP.NET | 25% | Wednesday 26 August 2015 at 11:55PM |
| Examination 1 | 50% | To be advised |
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