11452 (v.2) Distributed Systems 511

Area:

School of Information Systems

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

Lecture:

1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

11762 (v.2) Distributed Systems 502 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Client and server architecture, client and server programming, TCP/IP sockets, the Internet applications and services, open systems, client and server application design, World Wide Web, network application programming interfaces, Internet programming, Web-database interfacing technology, distributed object-oriented technology.

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit, students will have - Developed and implemented a web-based database application from a set of user requirements. Selected an appropriate mechanism/tool for web-based application development under different business environments. Confidence about their ability to offer their services to the IT department of their own or an external organisation.

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

Alligator Descartes and Tim Bunce, (2000), Programming the Perl DBI. New York, O'Reilly and Associates Fournier, Roger (1999), A Methodology for Client/Server and Web Application Development. Yourdon Press. New York, Prentice Hall. Powell, Thomas et al, (1998), Web Site Engineering: Beyond Web Page Design. New York, Prentice Hall PTR Welling, Luke and Thomson Laura (2001), PHP and MySQL Web Development. New York, SAMS

Unit Texts:

No prescribed texts.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Assignment 20%. Examination 50%. Laboratory test 15%. Presentation 15%. This is by grade/mark assessment.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Informatics Group S'pore	Quarter 1	Y
2004	Informatics Group S'pore	Quarter 2	Y
2004	Informatics Group S'pore	Quarter 4	Y
2004	Infrmtcs Open Ins HK	Quarter 1	Y