Introduction to Web Applications using JavaScript

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To introduce the essential elements of web design, JavaScript and database technologies; then integrate these together to create responsive and cross platform web applications.

Course Objectives:

• To introduce web languages such as HTML, CSS and JS.
• To introduce database and server-side scripting such as PHP and MySQL (and alternatives such as Django)
• To integrate web languages, databases and Python to develop "full stack" web applications.

Pre-recorded lectures will be released weekly. Students are then expected to attempt the set weekly exercises and bring their solutions to the weekly live online sessions for review and discussion. Students are also encouraged to check they understand they can correctly define programming concepts by attempting the formative and unassessed weekly quizzes.

By the end of the course students will be expected to:

• have attempted exercises relating to each language being introduced;
• understand how the parts of each language relate and can be used together to create web applications;
• attempt to develop a full-stack web application that can be deployed on the Internet.

After attending this course, students will know:

• the fundamental syntax of web programming languages, and database terminology;
• how aspects of the each language or framework interact and relate to each other;
• how to use all of these aspects together to develop web applications.

One piece of coursework will be set. The assessment will enable students to demonstrate an understanding of the material discussed during each week of the course.

Students must submit a completed Declaration of Authorship form at the end of term when submitting your final piece of work. CATS points cannot be awarded without the aforementioned form - Declaration of Authorship form

Before attending this course, prospective students will have:

• basic digital literacy skills and have experience with using computers;
• previous experience of programming, web development, of database application development will be advantageous but not essential;
• basic understanding of mathematics, logic, and abstract reasoning skills may also be beneficial for solving unfamiliar computational problems.

Students who register for CATS points will receive a Record of CATS points on successful completion of their course assessment.

To earn credit (CATS points) you will need to register and pay an additional £10 fee per course. You can do this by ticking the relevant box at the bottom of the enrolment form or when enrolling online.

Coursework is an integral part of all weekly classes and everyone enrolled will be expected to do coursework in order to benefit fully from the course. Only those who have registered for credit will be awarded CATS points for completing work at the required standard.

Students who do not register for CATS points during the enrolment process can either register for CATS points prior to the start of their course or retrospectively from the January 1st after the current full academic year has been completed. If you are enrolled on the Certificate of Higher Education you need to indicate this on the enrolment form but there is no additional registration fee.

Most of the Department's weekly classes have 10 or 20 CATS points assigned to them. 10 CATS points at FHEQ Level 4 usually consist of ten 2-hour sessions. 20 CATS points at FHEQ Level 4 usually consist of twenty 2-hour sessions. It is expected that, for every 2 hours of tuition you are given, you will engage in eight hours of private study.

Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS)