SIT331 - Full Stack Development: Secure Backend Services

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Maksym Slavnenko
Prerequisite:

SIT103 and SIT232

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 3 hour seminar per week

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

Online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 2 hour online seminar per week, weekly meetings.

Content

Web technologies are now commonly used to be used to create full applications for traditional desktop, web and mobile devices. Web technologies provide better cross platform support and a more streamlined and consistent application development process. The full web technologies stack includes frontend, backend server, service APIs and databases. Full stack web development involves the use of a full suite of technologies to build the application frontend, backend and supporting infrastructure. A full stack web developer will use contemporary web development tools and frameworks, version control, and modern deployment approaches to create effective and impressive applications. This unit focuses on the backend technologies for the full stack development, including programming service APIs, creating databases and cloud deployment.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Research full stack development technologies and best practices and apply resulting learning to application development associated with back-end technologies.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO2

Develop the backend part of full stack-based applications that include frontend, backend server, service APIs and databases.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Establish and evaluate continuous delivery infrastructure that supports web application development, testing and deployment.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO4

Clearly articulate, solution structures and associated technologies and processes to a range of technical and non-technical audiences.

GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy

ULO5

Effectively regulate and reflect upon learning achieved and present compelling evidence of learning achieved.

GLO6: Self-management

These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year.

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Learning portfolio Portfolio consisting of programming code, presentations, and reports 100% Week 12

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Hurdle requirement

To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must meet certain milestones as part of the portfolio.

Learning Resource

There is no prescribed text. 

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SIT331 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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