Created as part of the Master of information Technology and Master of Applied Information Technology Units - 2009

This unit has been updated as part of a 2009 review and comparison of data with current Handbook, Syllabus + and Callista data.

30/11/2017 - Unit disestablished at FEC 5/17 Item 7.3.

This unit is one of four core units in the Internet and Web Development Specialisation in the Master of Information Technology (MIT) and the Master of Applied Information Technology (MAIT). It is also available as an elective in all FIT Masters. This unit offers students the skills to become competent in modern techniques of Internet applications design.

At the completion of this unit students will have -

• an understanding of web environments and their components;
• an understanding of the principles of object oriented scripting and the knowledge of the various uses to which scripting may be put;
• the knowledge and skills to implement web applications, in an applications development environment;
• an understanding of the principles of large scale, and small scale, web site development including an understanding of advanced design principles;
• an understanding of the uses of mark-up languages and meta-languages in structuring data, particularly in a web context;
• the knowledge and skills to implement web sites varying size and complexity, using XHTML, and XML;
• a professional attitude towards the development of web based information systems.

020103

This unit has been designed to provide students with skills to develop Internet Applications with a focus on enabling web page functionality through scripting. The unit presents an overview of multi-tier web applications and the technologies that operate in different layers of typical web architectures. The unit teaches a range of web application development technologies focusing on state-of-the-art object oriented scripting languages for mobile and conventional web applications. Techniques for scripting on the client side (e.g. JavaScript) and scripting on the server side.

On-campus

Examination (2 hours): 40%; In-semester assessment: 60%

6

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

FIT

For MAIT students, FIT9017, FIT9018, FIT9019, FIT9030, FIT9020 and FIT4037

It is assumed that all students have a strong knowledge of Java programming

Janet Fraser