Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE CIS3052

 
TITLE Advanced Programming

 
UM LEVEL 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
MQF LEVEL 6

 
ECTS CREDITS 6

 
DEPARTMENT Computer Information Systems

 
DESCRIPTION The aim of this study-unit is to apply developed programming skills of object to relevant, practical, topics of distributed applications useful in e-Business and similar areas of IT. The distributed computing applies. N-tier distributed architecture.

Topics in brief:

Part 1 (Quick Revision)
• OOP Using Java (Classes, Objects, Inheritance, Encapsulation, Polymorphism, Abstract classes, Interfaces).
• Java Swing and AWT Event handling.
• Concurrent processing using Threads.
• Relection

Part 2 (Java EE)
• N-tier architecture with a focus on two-tier and three-tier variants. Programming support for particular tiers and their interfacing.
• Servlets and JSP (Java Server Pages)
• JDBC (Java Database Connectivity)
• JPA (Java Persistence API)
• JSF (Java Server Faces)
• EJB (Enterprise Java Beans)
• Web Services through Java
• AJAX Technology, JQUERY with AJAX
• Windows Communication Foundation (SOAP, REST, JSON)

Part 4 (AJAX Technologies overview)
• JavaScript
• JQuery

Textbooks:

• Deitel & Deitel, Java, How to Program Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 ISBN 0-13-222220-5.
• Antonio Goncalves, Beginning Java EE with GlassFish 3, From Novice to Professional. APress. ISBN 143022889X.

 
ADDITIONAL NOTES Before taking this study-unit, it is recommended that students are already knowledgeable in Programming (i.e. Students have already followed any other Programming study-unit at the University).


 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture and Tutorial

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Assignment Yes 40%
Examination (2 Hours) Yes 60%

 
LECTURER/S Matthew Xuereb

 

 
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