IFN666 Web and Mobile Application Development

Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Gardens Point, Internal

Overview

This unit provides a technical introduction to web and mobile application development and the software patterns which support them. We will introduce you to JavaScript on both the client and the server side, and you will build applications targeting desktops and mobile devices using modern standards and frameworks such as React and React Native. You will design and implement clean and responsive user interfaces, taking account of accessibility and internationalisation. We will introduce you to server side web computing using node.js and Express. You will understand security threats and their mitigation, and gain practical experience of HTTPS deployment.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Explain the core standards and technology platforms which enable web and mobile computing, and their use in developing software applications on both the client and server side
2. Apply social and ethical considerations during application design and development, including usability and accessibility.
3. Create mobile and web applications of significant size and complexity to solve real world problems.
4. Communicate in writing about the nature and limitations of web and mobile applications to developers and clients.

Content

Learning Approaches

This unit will use a blend of face to face classes, on-line resources, practical exercises and your own practice. The core material will be introduced in the lectures, but will be supplemented by on-line video and code examples. Your knowledge of JavaScript will be developed through structured exercises covering the key features of the language and the most important libraries. The practical exercises are consciously modelled on industry practice, guiding you through the development of a small but non-trivial application. The assessment will give further opportunities to explore web and mobile technologies in a more open-ended fashion

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

Feedback in this unit is provided in the following ways:

• You can ask the teaching staff for advice and assistance during lectures and practical sessions.
• You will receive formative peer and academic feedback on your practical exercises conducted in labs.
• You will receive written feedback on submitted assessment items.
• You can request private consultation with teaching staff.

Assessment

Overview

The assessment is designed to allow you to demonstrate each of the learning outcomes for this unit using modern web and mobile application technologies.

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Small JavaScript exercises

Small programming exercises designed to develop skills in JavaScript and key platforms (e.g React) Submitted online for automated assessment and rapid feedback to students.

This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.

Assessment: Web Programming Assignment

Creating an application to target browsers (using React). The client side code will work with a provided server side application.

This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.

Assessment: Capstone Programming Assignment

Creating an application to target browsers (using React) and mobile devices (using React Native).

This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.

Academic Integrity

Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.

Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.

You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.

Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Resources

Risk Assessment Statement

There are no unusual health or safety risks associated with this unit.