Programming for the web

This lesson comprises eight (8) master classes focusing on:

• Data transmission protocols
• Encryption
• Client-side web programming
• Server-side web programming
• SQL and ORM databases

Content:

Data transmission using the web

• Explore the applications of web programming, including:
  • interactive website/webpages
  • e-commerce
  • progressive web apps (PWAs)
• Investigate and practise how data is transferred on the internet, including:
  • data packets
  • internet protocol (IP) addresses, including IPv4
  • domain name systems (DNS)
• Investigate and describe the function of web protocols and their ports, including:
  • HTTP, HTTPS
  • TCP/IP
  • DNS
  • FTP, SFTP
  • SSL, TLS
  • SMTP, POP3, IMAP
• Explain the processes for securing the web, including:
  • Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates
  • encryption algorithms
  • encryption keys
  • plain text and cipher text
  • authentication and authorisation
  • hash values
  • digital signatures
• Investigate the effect of big data on web architecture, including:
  • data mining
  • metadata
  • streaming service management

Designing web applications

• Investigate and explain the role of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in the development of applications for the web, including:
  • Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
  • internationalisation
  • web security
  • privacy
  • machine-readable data
• Model elements that form a web development system, including:
  • client-side (front-end) web programming
  • server-side (back-end) web programming
  • interfacing with databases that are based on Structured Query Language (SQL) or non-SQL
• Explore and explain the influence of a web browser on web development, including the use of developer (dev) tools
• Investigate cascading style sheets (CSS) and its impact on the design of a web application, including:
  • consistency of appearance
  • flexibility with browsers or display devices
  • CSS maintenance tools
• Investigate the reasons for version control and apply it when developing web application
• Explore the types and significance of code libraries for front-end web development, including:
  • frameworks that control complex web applications
  • template engines
  • predesigned CSS classes
• Explain the use and development of open-source software in relation to web development
• Investigate methods to support and manage the load times of web pages/applications
• Research, experiment with and evaluate the prevalence and use of web content management systems (CMS)
• Assess the contribution of back-end web development to the success of a web application
• Observe and describe the back-end process used to manage a web request, including:
  • role of webserver software
  • web framework
  • objects
  • libraries
  • databases
• Develop a web application using an appropriate scripting language with shell scripts to make files and directories, and searching for text in a text file
• Apply a web-based database and construct script that executes SQL, including:
  • selecting fields
  • incorporating ‘group by’
  • common SQL queries
  • constraints using WHERE keyword
  • table joins
• Compare Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) to SQL
• Describe how collaborative work practices between front-end and back-end developers improve the development of a web solution
• Design, develop and implement a progressive web app (PWA), including:
  • the application of design and user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) principles of font, colour, audio, video and navigation
  • a UI that considers accessibility and inclusivity