Syllabus Map

Syllabus Map#

Programming for the Web#

Proposed Sequence:

  • Web Part I covered in Web Part I (Term 4 2024)

  • Web Part I and II split across Web Part I and Web Part II

  • Web Part II covered in Web Part II (Term 1 2025)

  • Other covered in a later module

Data transmission using the web#

Explore the applications of web programming

Including

interactive website/webpages
e-commerce
progressive web apps (PWAs)
Investigate and practise how data is transferred on the internet

Including

data packets

  • /web_part1/server_intro/networking

internet protocol (IP) addresses, including IPv4

  • /web_part1/server_intro/networking

domain name systems (DNS)

  • /web_part1/server_intro/networking

Investigate and describe the function of web protocols and their ports

Including:

HTTP, HTTPS
TCP/IP

  • /web_part1/server_intro/networking

DNS

  • /web_part1/server_intro/networking

FTP, SFTP

  • /web_part1/server_intro/networking

SMTP, POP 3, IMAP

  • /web_part1/server_intro/networking

SSL, TLS
Explain the processes for securing the web

Including:

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates
encryption algorithms
encryption keys
plain text and cipher text
authentication and authorisation
hash values
digital signatures
Investigate the effect of big data on web architecture

Including:

data mining
metadata
streaming service management

Designing web applications#

Investigate and explain the role of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in the development of applications for the web

Including:

Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
internationalisation
web security
privacy
machine-readable data
Model elements that form a web development system

Including:

client-side (front-end) web programming
server-side (back-end) web programming
interfacing with databases that are based on Structured Query Language (SQL) or non-SQL
Explore and explain the influence of a web browser on web development, including the use of developer (dev) tools
Investigate cascading style sheets (CSS) and its impact on the design of a web application

Including:

consistency of appearance
flexibility with browsers or display devices
CSS maintenance tools
Investigate the reasons for version control and apply it when developing web application

This will not be covered under Programming for the Web. Students will cover this in the Software engineering project.

Explore the types and significance of code libraries for front-end web development

Including:

frameworks that control complex web applications
template engines

/web_part1/server_cont/templating

predesigned CSS classes
Explain the use and development of open-source software in relation to web development
Investigate methods to support and manage the load times of web pages/applications
Research, experiment with and evaluate the prevalence and use of web content management systems (CMS)
Assess the contribution of back-end web development to the success of a web application
Observe and describe the back-end process used to manage a web request

Including:

role of webserver software
web framework

Flask Intro

objects

Object Relational Mapping

libraries

  • Flask Intro

  • /web_part1/server_cont/databases

  • /web_part1/server_cont/templating

databases
Develop a web application using an appropriate scripting language with shell scripts to make files and directories, and searching for text in a text file

  • Flask Intro

  • A project meeting this point will be included at the end of Web Part 1

Apply a web-based database and construct script that executes SQL

Including:

selecting fields
incorporating ‘group by’
common SQL queries
constraints using WHERE keyword
table joins

  • /web_part1/databases/relationships

  • Joins

Compare Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) to SQL
Describe how collaborative work practices between front-end and back-end developers improve the development of a web solution
Design, develop and implement a progressive web app (PWA)

Including:

the application of design and user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) principles of font, colour, audio, video and navigation
a UI that considers accessibility and inclusivity
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