FIT2028

Web systems 2 ( 6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: Dr Des Casey

Offered:
Berwick First semester 2006 (Flexible)
Caulfield First semester 2006 (Flexible)
Clayton First semester 2006 (Flexible)
Gippsland First semester 2006 (Flexible)
Peninsula First semester 2006 (Flexible)
Peninsula SA-02 2006 (Day)

Synopsis: Client-side scripting for desktop and mobile devices: scripting language structure and syntax, scripting events and event handlers, creating objects and using built-in objects, objects and navigation, browser objects. WML: structure, syntax and implementation. XML structure and validation using XML Schema Language. Processing using XSLT. XPATH. Server-side scripting: PHP structure, syntax and implementation. Implementing state-handling in a "stateless environment". Strategies for enforcing data integrity, data security principles and techniques. Database and web page design concepts and their importance in commercial applications.

Objectives: On successful completion of this unit, students should: have a knowledge of: a client side scripting language and its uses in web page design the structure of XML and its uses, particularly in a web environment; constructing, validating and processing XML documents; server side scripting to access data stores. Students will have developed skills in: developing client side scripts to perform a variety of browser tasks; developing, validating and processing XML documents; developing server side scripts to access data stores. On successful completion of this unit, students should have attitudes of: professionalism towards respecting copyright; requiring professional standards in designing and implementing web applications.

Homepage: http://walkabout.netcomp.monash.edu.au/walkabout/fit2028/index.html

Assessment: Unit participation exercises: 5%; Practical Work: 35%; Final Examination: 60%

Prerequisites: FIT1011 and FIT1002

Prohibitions: CPE3002, CSE2030, CPE3003, CPE2010