UnitLevel 2Undergraduate

FZA2095 e-Business software technologies

Faculty of Information Technology

FZA2095 e-Business software technologies is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Information Technology, offered in 2020 in Semester 2 at South Africa. It needs FIT1053, FIT1045, FZA1051, FIT1048 or FIT1051.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2020
Semester 2
South Africa
Assessment
Exam 60%
and 1 other task
Workload
12 hours
per semester

This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2022 entry.

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Requisites

Enrolment rules

Prohibitions: FIT2013, FIT3083

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Overview

Non-B2B e-Business applications are now mostly developed for Web and mobile platforms. With the advent of mobile Web apps a set of technologies and techniques has emerged that are shared by both Web and mobile application development. This unit introduces, explains and uses these technologies and techniques to build basic but industrial strength e-Business applications. The topics covered will be selected from the following: an overview of the current state-of-play in e-Business application development, HTML5 (the living standard), CSS3, object oriented JavaScript for large developments, JavaScript APIs, Ajax, JSON, XML and related W3C technologies, jQuery, jQuery Mobile, MVC, ASP.NET MVC, ECMAScript 2015 and beyond, Angular, TypeScript, React. The appropriateness of the selected technologies in different contexts, together with relevant best practice techniques for their use and integration will also be covered.

Offerings in 2020

Teaching periodCampusMode
Second semesterSouth AfricaOn campus

Assessment

  • Examination (2 hours and 10 minutes)Threshold hurdle
    60%
  • In-semester assessmentThreshold hurdle
    40%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Describe the current technological options with respect to e-business application development and the most likely trends going forward;

  2. 2

    Analyse and debug existing e-Business applications;

  3. 3

    Design, code and test basic e-Business applications using current industrial strength techniques;

  4. 4

    Describe and use some of the core APIs used in e-Business applications;

  5. 5

    Apply good programming practices in accordance with industry standards and professional ethics.

Workload and teaching

  • Laboratories24 hours
  • Lectures24 hours
  • Tutorials12 hours
  • Teaching approachEnquiry-based learning
  • Teaching approachCase-based teaching
  • Teaching approachActive learning
  • Teaching approachSimulation or virtual practice
  • Teaching approachProblem-based learning

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

  • Two hours lectures
  • One hour tutorials
  • Two hours laboratories

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

  • A minimum of 2-3 hours of personal study per one hour of lecture time in order to satisfy the reading, tute, lab and assignment expectations.

Learning resources

Required resources

MongoDB

Git

IDE: WebStorm or Visual Studio Code

Node.js

Chrome

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Dr Olalekan Ogunleye
Chief Examiners
Dr Olalekan Ogunleye

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for FZA2095?

You need FIT1053, FIT1045, FZA1051, FIT1048 or FIT1051 before you enrol. Enrolment rules also apply.

When is FZA2095 offered?

In 2020, FZA2095 runs in Semester 2 at South Africa.

How much work is FZA2095?

The handbook expects about 12 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Does FZA2095 have an exam?

Yes. The exam is worth 60% of the final mark, alongside 1 other task.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
2
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Information Technology
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
202020212022