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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Physics and Astronomy : Postgraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy)

Postgraduate Course: Web Programming (PGPH11062)

Course Outline
School School of Physics and Astronomy College College of Science and Engineering
Course type Standard Availability Not available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken) SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits 10
Home subject area Postgraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy) Other subject area None
Course website None
Course description This course will provide students with the basic conceptual understanding and practical skills needed to develop web-based applications for the analysis and presentation of data. This requires not only a knowledge of the software tool-sets available to aid construction of such applications but also a basic grounding in aspects of managing accessibility for web-based applications, such as authentication and authorisation considerations, performance issues, reliability, reproducibility and maintenance of state between sessions. A basic knowledge of Java will be required for some of the material in this course.
Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
King's BuildingsLecture1-11 11:10 - 13:00
First Class First class information not currently available
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the basic internet protocols which underpin distributed computing and of how these protocols are used to present information on the web.
2. Show an appreciation of how generic issues relating to distributed resources (such as latency, reliability, etc) affect web-based applications based upon them.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of state and statelessness and how these relate to the design and operation of web-based applications.
4. Develop and deploy dynamic web-based applications.
Assessment Information
Coursework (100%)
Special Arrangements
Not entered
Contacts
Course organiser Dr David Fergusson
Tel: (0131 6)50 9819
Email: dave.fergusson@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary Yuhua Lei
Tel: (0131 6) 517067
Email: yuhua.lei@ed.ac.uk
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