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COMP6110 – Web Technology

2022 – Session 1, In person-scheduled-weekday, North Ryde

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff Convener, Lecturer
Steve Cassidy
4RPD Level 2
by appointment
Lecturer
Kate Stefanov
Tutor
Salma Khan
Tutor
Anubhav Ashish
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
COMP6010
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description
This unit covers a range of techniques and concepts that are relevant to implementing systems on the world wide web. From web site development using HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and eXtensible Markup Language (XML), through to complete client-server applications, the unit explores the full spectrum of this technology, providing insight into the standards underlying the web and the programming techniques used to exploit these standards to build web applications.

Important Academic Dates

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Learning Outcomes

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

  • ULO1: Use your knowledge of the underlying technologies of the web to communicate in detail how web applications work
  • ULO2: Critique web design and apply good design principles to develop accessible web applications.
  • ULO3: Design and develop a data driven web application using modern web technologies.
  • ULO4: Demonstrate knowledge of ethical and legal issues relating to web applications
  • ULO5: Use automated and other tests to ensure that implementations match client and accessibility requirements.

General Assessment Information

Workshop Hurdle

The workshop is a hurdle requirement, you must get 8 out of the possible 10 marks to pass the hurdle but you will have a total of 12 weeks where you could attend - hence you can miss at most four weeks of workshop tasks.

Late Submission

Late submissions will be accepted but will incur a penalty unless there is an approved Special Consideration request.  A 12-hour grace period will be given after which the following deductions will be applied to the awarded assessment mark: 12 to 24 hours late = 10% deduction; for each day thereafter, an additional 10% per day or part thereof will be applied until five days beyond the due date. After this time, a mark of zero (0) will be given. For example, an assessment worth 20% is due 5 pm on 1 January. Student A submits the assessment at 1 pm, 3 January. The assessment received a mark of 15/20. A 20% deduction is then applied to the mark of 15, resulting in the loss of three (3) marks. Student A is then awarded a final mark of 12/20.

 

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Workshop Tasks 10% No Weekly
Web Design 5% No Week 4
Web Application 35% No End of mid-semester break and Week 10
Legal & Ethical Report 10% No Week 12
Exam 40% No Exam period

Workshop Tasks

Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 0 hours
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 10%

 

Each week there will be a task set during the practical workshop that you will need to complete. You will need to attend the workshop to complete this task and show your work to your tutor. Each week will be worth 1 mark up to a total of 10.

 


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Use your knowledge of the underlying technologies of the web to communicate in detail how web applications work
  • Critique web design and apply good design principles to develop accessible web applications.
  • Design and develop a data driven web application using modern web technologies.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of ethical and legal issues relating to web applications
  • Use automated and other tests to ensure that implementations match client and accessibility requirements.

Web Design

Assessment Type 1: Design Task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Week 4
Weighting: 5%

 

This is a design task using CSS. You will be asked to write a CSS stylesheet for a sample web page. The results will be peer-marked - you will be given the chance to see the work of other students and provide marks and feedback. The final mark will be based on marks given by your peers.

 


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Use your knowledge of the underlying technologies of the web to communicate in detail how web applications work
  • Critique web design and apply good design principles to develop accessible web applications.
  • Design and develop a data driven web application using modern web technologies.

Web Application

Assessment Type 1: Programming Task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 42 hours
Due: End of mid-semester break and Week 10
Weighting: 35%

 

This is a programming task. You will develop a web application that makes use of a data store. You will be provided with a set of tests that your code must pass as well as a set of functional requirements for the application.

 


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Use your knowledge of the underlying technologies of the web to communicate in detail how web applications work
  • Critique web design and apply good design principles to develop accessible web applications.
  • Design and develop a data driven web application using modern web technologies.
  • Use automated and other tests to ensure that implementations match client and accessibility requirements.

Legal & Ethical Report

Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Week 12
Weighting: 10%

 

You will write a report on the legal and ethical aspect of web design and development. This will involve you researching the topic to find sources of information and using them to develop your report. You will be provided with pointers to resources but will be expected to find more based on your own research.

 


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Use your knowledge of the underlying technologies of the web to communicate in detail how web applications work
  • Demonstrate knowledge of ethical and legal issues relating to web applications

Exam

Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Exam period
Weighting: 40%

 

The final exam will asses your ability to describe and explain the technologies we have covered in the unit. It will cover all of the material in the unit.

 


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Use your knowledge of the underlying technologies of the web to communicate in detail how web applications work
  • Critique web design and apply good design principles to develop accessible web applications.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of ethical and legal issues relating to web applications

1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

  • the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
  • the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

Delivery and Resources

Classes

COMP2110 is taught mainly through online notes and video presentations with a one hour lecture.  Each week a number of video presentations will be made available on iLearn, you should watch these and follow up on the topics covered before the lecture. The lecture will recap some of the video content and provide a forum for discussion of the topics of the week, as well as preview the video content in the following week. 

You will also have a two-hour workshop each week in the computer laboratory.  This will be used as a combined tutorial and practical class, with tasks each week to engage you in the topics we are discussing. The workshops give you a chance to talk over any problems with your tutor.  There will be a checkpoint task each week for you to complete in the workshop, you must do this in the workshop and show your tutor the result.

Since your tutor will be keeping track of your marks, you should attend the workshop that you enroll in. If you do need to change, make sure your tutor and the tutor in the new class agree.

Required Texts

There is no required text for COMP2110.  We have written a set of notes for the unit which will be added to through the semester. You can find them here:

We will also provide notes, slides and links to other resources each week.  It is important that you follow up links provided with the video presentations and in the notes on each topic.   

Required Technology

We will use Visual Studio Code as the recommended development environment although you are free to use your own favourite editor if you wish.  You will be making use of a number of different web browsers (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, Opera...) to test web pages. All of this software will run on Windows, Mac or Linux. Strapi will be introduced as a more robust server-side package in the unit. It implements a backend JSON server that can be used to serve data to a front-end Javascript application. 

Unit Schedule

The schedule below is the planned topic list for the unit but minor changes may be made in response to student feedback or other factors.  See the iLearn unit page for the definitive and more detailed week by week breakdown.

Week  

Date  

Topic  

Who  

Assessment   

 

21/2  

Core Web Technology  

SC 

   

 

28/2  

HTML and CSS  

SC 

   

 

7/3  

Elements of Design  

SC 

   

 

14/3  

Introduction to Javascript  

SC 

Web Design  

 

21/3  

Single Page Web Application  

SC 

   

 

28/3  

Web Servers and Services, Forms  

SC 

   

 

4/3  

Building Server Side  

KS 

   

Break  

 

 

 

Web Application half-way submission

 

25/3  

Cookies and Sessions  

KS 

 

 

2/4  

Usability and Accessibility  

KS 

   

10  

9/4  

Mobile Web Application  

KS 

 Web Application Final 

11  

16/4  

Full Stack  

KS 

   

12  

23/4  

Security on the Web  

KS 

Legal & Ethics Report  

13  

30/4  

Review  

 SC/KS

   

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Results

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Unit information based on version 2022.02 of the Handbook