Sheridan Course Outlines

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Section I: Administrative Information

Total hours: 42.0
Credit Value: 3.0
Credit Value Notes: N/A
Effective: Winter 2024
Prerequisites: INFO16206
Corequisites: N/A
Equivalents: N/A
Pre/Co/Equiv Notes: N/A

Program(s): Hon Bach CompSci - Mobile Comp
Program Coordinator(s): Magdin Stoica
Course Leader or Contact: Alex Babanski
Version: 20240108_00
Status: Approved (APPR)

Section I Notes: N/A

Section II: Course Details

Detailed Description
Students gain a comprehensive understanding of the architecture of the mobile ecosystem and acquire practical skills and knowledge to develop and maintain mobile-friendly web applications. Students learn how to use mobile device APIs such as camera, geolocation, orientation, storage, etc. to create cross-platform mobile web applications. Students learn best techniques and practices used to develop, package and publish secure hybrid mobile application. Students learn through a combination of interactive lectures and demonstrations, hands-on exercises and assignments.

Program Context

Hon Bach CompSci - Mobile Comp	Program Coordinator(s): Magdin Stoica
This required second year course provides an end-to-end exploration of the development, testing and deployment of rich mobile-friendly applications. This course builds on the students skills and knowledge in web technologies.

Course Critical Performance and Learning Outcomes

	Critical Performance:
	By the end of this course, students will have demonstrated the ability to create mobile-friendly websites that uses server-side and client-side technologies to deliver appropriate content to multiple mobile form factors based on server side device detection of client device.

Learning Outcomes:

To achieve the critical performance, students will have demonstrated the ability to:

Apply knowledge of the Document Object Model to manipulate browser content so that it is appropriate for the mobile device display.
Apply knowledge of Object Oriented Programming techniques and the necessary Javascript syntax to develop robust and maintainable Object-Oriented client scripts in support of a rich mobile-friendly website.
Apply knowledge of Relational or Object-Oriented Database Design to design and implement a backing database in support of a rich mobile-friendly website.
Design, implement, test and deploy a full mobile-friendly website using web technologies such as Javascript and HTML, currently popular libraries, and database access.
Assess the constraints and strengths of different mobile device User Interface capabilities and implement web pages appropriate for that UI.
Implement an application that effectively utilizes the location-aware capabilities of a mobile device.
Implement an application that effectively utilizes the graphical and multimedia features of a mobile device.
Evaluate appropriate target devices for a given scenario and implement a solution that uses device detection to provide appropriate content for more than one form-factor.

Evaluation Plan
Students demonstrate their learning in the following ways:

Evaluation Plan: IN-CLASS

	Quizzes (2 @ 5%) - approximately weeks 6, 12	10.0%
	Labs/In-class Exercises (2 @ 5%) - approximately weeks 5, 11	10.0%
	Assignments (2 @ 10%) - approximately weeks 7, 13	20.0%
	Midterm Exam - approximately week 8	30.0%
	Final Exam - approximately week 14	30.0%
	Total	100.0%

Evaluation Notes and Academic Missed Work Procedure:

To pass the course, students must achieve a 50% weighted average across the tests and the exams and at least 50% overall in the course.

Students must submit/complete all assignments, in-class activities and projects by the scheduled due date and write all tests on the specified date/time. Exceptions will only be made under extraordinary circumstances. 

Refer to the School of Applied Computing's Academic Procedures for Evaluations for more details regarding missed work: Procedures for Evaluations

Provincial Context
The course meets the following Ministry of Colleges and Universities requirements:

Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition
PLAR Contact (if course is PLAR-eligible) - Office of the Registrar
Students may apply to receive credit by demonstrating achievement of the course learning outcomes through previous relevant work/life experience, service, self-study and training on the job. This course is eligible for challenge through the following method(s):

Challenge Exam
Notes:
Portfolio
Notes:
Other
Notes: Challenge exam, portfolio, and project are required for PLAR.

Section III: Topical Outline

Some details of this outline may change as a result of circumstances such as weather cancellations, College and student activities, and class timetabling.
Instruction Mode: In-Class
Professor: Multiple Professors
Resource(s):

	Type	Description
Optional	Other	Materials will be provided by the professor.

Applicable student group(s): Honours Bachelor of Computer Science - Mobile Computing
Course Details:

Module 1: Technologies and Best Practices for Mobile-Friendly Websites

Fundamentals of Mobile-Friendly Web-Design. Best Practices in Page Layout, Site Architecture and Navigation for Mobile Devices.
Responsive Design
Mobile-Friendly Application Development with Bootstrap, jQuery, jQuery Mobile, ReactJS and Other Frameworks

Module 2: Document Object Model

Elements of the Document Object Model
Navigating the Document Object Model using Javascript
Manipulating the Document Object Model using Javascript

Module 3: Asynchronous Content Negotiation

Asynchronous Methods for Updating Client Content with Data in Text, JSON, or XML Files on a Remote Server
AJAX
WebSockets
Parsing XML
JSON

Module 4: Web Application Architecture and Programming Interfaces

Working with Web APIs: Storage, Web Workers, and Web Notifications
Coding and Design Patterns
SPA (Single Page Application) Architecture

Module 5: Hybrid Mobile Application Development

Hybrid Mobile Application Development with Cordova and React Native
Working with Mobile Device APIs such as Device, Geolocation, Camera, Dialogs, etc.
Device Interaction and Usability
Packaging and Publishing

Module 6: Server-Side Technologies

Retrieving Information from Remote Databases
Using Dynamic Pages to Optimize Content for Mobile Devices

Module 7: Future Trends

Trend Analysis for Web Application Development
Comparative Analysis (Pros and Cons of Native, Web, and Hybrid), and Future Direction

Note: The topics within each module are grouped semantically and are not meant to suggest a time sequence. A course plan must be provided by the professor identifying the class-by-class arrangement of topics.

Sheridan Policies

It is recommended that students read the following policies in relation to course outlines:

Academic Integrity
Copyright
Intellectual Property
Respectful Behaviour
Accessible Learning

All Sheridan policies can be viewed on the Sheridan policy website.

Appropriate use of generative Artificial Intelligence tools: In alignment with Sheridan's Academic Integrity Policy, students should consult with their professors and/or refer to evaluation instructions regarding the appropriate use, or prohibition, of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for coursework. Turnitin AI detection software may be used by faculty members to screen assignment submissions or exams for unauthorized use of artificial intelligence.

Course Outline Changes: The information contained in this Course Outline including but not limited to faculty and program information and course description is subject to change without notice. Nothing in this Course Outline should be viewed as a representation, offer and/or warranty. Students are responsible for reading the Important Notice and Disclaimer which applies to Programs and Courses.

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