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Web Programming Y2, 20cr

Overview

Introduces web application programming across multiple tiers:

1. Client-side programming: using scripts to dynamically modify the browser's Document Object Model and create apps with dynamic user interfaces (event-based programming, fetch & promises).
2. Server-side programming: writing scripts that act as servers for files and data (HTTP, HTTP/2, Web Sockets).
3. Integration of client and server programs with API-based services (database access).
4. The theory underpinning approaches to building scalable web-based systems.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify industry best practices in web application design (client, server and API layers).
2. Design a contemporary web application using industry best practices.
3. Build and deliver a web application according to a customer specification.