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Description of Course Unit
Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering
Database and Web Applications Laboratory
Instance: 2011/2012
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General Information
Course Unit: Database and Web Applications Laboratory
Code: EIC0085
Programmes: MIEIC, 3º, 122 students (@ 7.2.2012)
Academic Year: 2011/2012
Semester: 2S
Credits: 6
ECTS: 7
Hours/Weeks: 1x2T, 6x3P
Teachers: João Correia Lopes | Sérgio Nunes
Teaching Language
Portuguese
Objectives, Skills and Learning Outcomes
Goals
In this course, the students will learn how to design and develop web-based information systems backed by database management systems.
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
- Elicit the requirements of an information system
- Identify the actors and their Use Cases
- Prepare Use Case Diagrams using UML
- Obtain the Domain Object Model
- Obtain the Logical Relational Database Schema
- Validate the relational schema based on functional dependencies
- Obtain the database Physical Schema
- Tuning the Logical Relational Schema
- Explore the database using the Database Management System PostgreSQL
- Write queries to the database using SQL
- Implement integrity constraints and triggers
- Define transactions
- Define an architecture for handling errors in the data accesses
- Set privileges of users and user groups
- Use the programming language PHP and libraries to build the user interface and business logic of the Web Application
- Obtain the user interface in HTML
- Set presentation styles using CSS
- Validate integrity rules on data entry forms through the use of JavaScript
- Use the JavaScript library jQuery to interact with the document and to make AJAX requests
- Ensure that Web pages are obtained in accordance with the accessibility and usability standards
Program
- Development of a Web application supported by a database: requirements gathering, design, modeling, implementation, testing and documentation.
- General notions of architecture of web applications using client scripting languages (JavaScript) and server (PHP), presentation of the Document Object Model (DOM), use of Ajax framework and APIs for data access.
- Design of relational databases using data modeling languages (UML), the SQL language and procedural extensions to SQL.
- Identification and maintenance of business rules: on the interface (JavaScript), on the business logic and in the database (triggers); define transactions.
- General notions of usability and Web Design.
Main Bibliography
* R. Ramakrishnan, J. Gehrke, Database Management Systems, McGRAW-Hill International Editions, 3rd Edition, 2002, ISBN=0-07-246563-8. Biblioteca
Complementary Bibliography
- Jeffrey D. Ullman, Jennifer Widom, A First Course in Database Systems, Prentice-Hall, 2nd Edition, 2001, ISBN=0-13-035300-0. Biblioteca
- Alberto Rodrigues da Silva, Carlos Videira, UML — Metodologias e Ferramentas CASE, 2ª Edição, Volume 1, Centro Atlântico Editora, Maio 2005, ISBN: 989-615-009-5. Biblioteca
- Russ LinkMiles, Kim LinkHamilton, Learning UML 2.0, O'Reilly, 2006, ISBN=978-0-596-00982-3. Biblioteca
- Jakob Nielsen, Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity, New Riders Publishing, Indianapolis, 2000, ISBN=1-56205-810-X. Biblioteca
Teaching Procedures
The lectures will be used for presentation of the scripts of the work and representative examples and their discussion, analysis of assessments and brief introductions to the technologies they use.
The practical classes will be used for laboratory project development as a group project with the teacher as a consultant.
Software
- PHP
- PostgreSQL
- Biblioteca Smarty
- Biblioteca jQuery
Keywords
Physical sciences > Computer science > Informatics
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Registered evaluation and occupation components
Description | Type | Time (Hours) | Date of conclusion |
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Attendance (estimated) | Lectures | 70 | |
User Requirements Document (RER) | Laboratory work or fieldwork | 27 | 07/03/2012 |
Database Specification Report (REBD) | Laboratory work or fieldwork | 27 | 28/03/2012 |
Architecture Document and Vertical Prototype (RAP) | Laboratory work or fieldwork | 27 | 25/04/2012 |
Product (P) | Laboratory work or fieldwork | 36 | 30/05/2012 |
Demonstration (A) | Attendance | 5 | 01/06/2012 |
Individual Performance (DI) | Attendance | 0 | 01/06/2012 |
Total: | 192 |
Admission to Exams
Minimum required to pass this course: 40% in each practical assignment.
Final grade
Classification = 10% REI + 20% REBD + 20% RAP + 40% PA + 10% DI
Legend:
RER - Requirements Specification Report
REBD - Database Specification Report
RAP - Architecture Report and Vertical Prototype
PA - Product and Presentation
DI - Individual Performance
Marks of any component of assessment may vary from element to element in the same group.
This course, given its laboratory nature is not eligible for evaluation in a single moment, so the pratical work evaluation cannot be replaced by taking an exam.
Special Assignments
There are no special works or tests.
Special evaluation (TE, DA, ...)
All students have the same evaluation.
Improvement of Final/Distributed Classification
Students may improve the mark in the subject's next edition.
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