Overview
This unit introduces you to the components, architectures and industrial standards involved in the design and implementation of enterprise software applications. The focus will be on applications employing 3 tiers including a presentation tier, an application tier and a data persistence tier. You will work in a small team for the design and development of a 3-tier enterprise application project. In terms of technology, both traditional desktop applications and web-based applications will be covered and different technology platforms will be compared and contrasted. Emerging technologies and current research issues will be discussed.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisites: COIT20256 Data Structures and Algorithms, COIT20247 Database Design and Development Co-requisites: COIT20257 Distributed Systems: Principles and Development, COIT20258 Software Engineering
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
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- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Unit Coordinator self reflection
Collect feedback from teaching team and students about the new added contents on the topics of 1. Web Security and 2. Microservices.
Make updates based on feedback and assessment results related to the topics.
Feedback from Unit Coordinator self reflection and teaching team feedback
Enhance system reliability based on Bean Validation and Error Handling, and enhance web application performance based on Ajax.
Introduce bean validation (system-built-in and customised) to web applications and RESTful web services and enhance Ajax for web applications.