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Students will learn to develop modern web applications using a variety of languages and frameworks as part of their degree. A key focus will be on the integration of HTML with CSS and JavaScript with the support of the NODE.js runtime environment to develop dynamic web applications. The course focuses on building basic software programming skills required to become full stack developers.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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The basis of most applications on the Web and for use on mobile devices are HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Knowing how to use these fundamental technologies to build the front end (i.e., client side) of web applications will see you far. The course also explains how JavaScript and NODE.js can be used to build and deploy back end (i.e., server side) of web applications, thus enabling students to experience full development cycle of a complete web application.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Computer Programming Exercise worth 50% of the overall grade. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Analyse | An understanding of, and ability to apply, techniques to support correct code in a web application. |
| Procedural | Apply | An ability to write and run web applications. |
| Procedural | Create | The ability to apply programming concepts for solving problems in order to create a new program. |
| Procedural | Create | The ability to analyse simple problems and design a program solution. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | An ability to judge how web applications should be structured. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Programming Test 2 (1 hour, in class), worth 25% of the overall grade. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Apply | Knowledge and understanding of basic programming concepts and their application: scope, functions, recursion, modular programming, importing and invoking code from within other code. |
| Conceptual | Understand | The understanding of software libraries and their application in order to classify them for usage. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Programming Test 1 (1 hour, in class), worth 25% of the overall grade. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Apply | Knowledge and understanding of basic programming concepts and their application: scope, functions, recursion, modular programming, importing and invoking code from within other code. |
| Conceptual | Understand | The understanding of software libraries and their application in order to classify them for usage. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Apply | An ability to write and run web applications. |
| Procedural | Analyse | An understanding of, and ability to apply, techniques to support correct code in a web application. |
| Procedural | Create | The ability to apply programming concepts for solving problems in order to create a new program. |
| Conceptual | Understand | The understanding of software libraries and their application in order to classify them for usage. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | An ability to judge how web applications should be structured. |
| Conceptual | Apply | Knowledge and understanding of basic programming concepts and their application: scope, functions, recursion, modular programming, importing and invoking code from within other code. |
| Procedural | Create | The ability to analyse simple problems and design a program solution. |
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