Module Descriptors
OPEN SOURCE DATABASE PROGRAMMING
COIS40892
Key Facts
School of Digital, Technologies and Arts
Level 4
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Euan Wilson
Email: E.D.Wilson@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 48
Independent Study Hours: 102
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Resources
None.
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None.
Module Additional Assessment Details
An ASSIGNMENT weighted at 100%, developing and documenting an open source database application, 3,000 words, assessing Learning Outcomes 1, 2 and 3.
Module Indicative Content
This module will address:
Evaluating, creating and accessing Open source database and associated programming.
Using open source programming including the use of OO-principles
Connection via scripting to external data sources
SQLite, MYSQL, etc
PHP/ Javascript / XML / AJAX
Exposure to simple programming constructs selection interaction and sequence.
Evaluating, creating and accessing Open source database and associated programming.
Using open source programming including the use of OO-principles
Connection via scripting to external data sources
SQLite, MYSQL, etc
PHP/ Javascript / XML / AJAX
Exposure to simple programming constructs selection interaction and sequence.
Module Learning Strategies
48 hours of lectures and 48 hours of practical sessions. In the practical session you will work through exercises to get hands-on experience of the principles taught in the lectures.
Module Texts
Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional (Expert's Voice in Web Development), W. Jason Gilmore, 2010, Apress; 4 edition, ISBN: 1430231149
AJAX and PHP: Building Modern Web Applications 2nd Edition, Brinzarea-Iamani , B. 2009 PACKT PUBLISHING, ISBN-10: 1847197728
AJAX and PHP: Building Modern Web Applications 2nd Edition, Brinzarea-Iamani , B. 2009 PACKT PUBLISHING, ISBN-10: 1847197728