SFT3007

Rapid applications programming for Windows

Xindong Wu

6 points
* 3 hours per week
* Second semester
* Caulfield
* Prerequisites: SFT1102

Objectives At the completion of this subject students should gain an understanding of programming in a rapid applications development environment; understand the data format standards for different windows media and how to develop programs which integrate the process data using facilities such as DLLs DDEs and OLE; have mastered a programming paradigm and language relevant to current commercial standards; and understand how visual programming languages impact on program maintenance, performance and reliability.

Synopsis The subject will introduce desktop information environments and integrated applications development in a windows-based rapid application development environment. Approaches to integrating information from diverse domains such as spreadsheets, word processors, database management systems, graphics and sound will be examined. Facilities such as dynamic link libraries, dynamic data exchange, object linking and embedding will be employed, using an environment such as VisualBasic, or Delphi to integrate information and develop applications.

Assessment Examination: 50%
* Practical work and unit test: 50%

Recommended texts

Zak D Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 for Windows ITP, 1997