Course syllabus

DAT076 / DIT126 Web applications LP3 VT23 (7.5 hp)

Timetable for Presentations

This course is offered by the department of Computer Science and Engineering. The aim of the course is to give students a broad introduction to full-stack Web applications.

Schedule for the course: See bottom of page

Course syllabus at Chalmers course portal 

Course syllabus at GU course portal

Zoom link for lectures (passcode: webapps)

Schedule (TimeEdit)

Our Slack workspace

Project Supervisors

Course Material

Lecture Slides and Recordings

Project Information

Resources

Contact details

• Lecturer and course responsible, Robin Adams <robinad@chalmers.se>
• Teaching assistant: Beata Ringmar <ringmar@chalmers.se>
• Guest lecturer: Benjamin Eriksson
• Student representatives:
  
  • Christina Meisoll <chrmeis@chalmers.se>
  • Pouya Shirin Sokhan <sokhan@chalmers.se>

Course purpose

The aim of the course is to give students a broad introduction to full-stack Web applications.

The course presents a number of technologies and how they are related and used for developing web applications, focusing on NodeJS, ExpressJS and ReactJS. The course provides a good insight to modern web based applications. Design problems related to web applications are presented - such as scaling, session handling, navigation and persistence.

Course literature

The course book is "Modern Full-Stack Development" by Frank Zametti (ISBN: 978-1-4842-5737-1). It is not mandatory to have a copy of this book.

Additional readings will be suggested as the course progresses and placed on the Resources page.

Prerequisites

• Good programming skills in an object-oriented langauge
• Knowledge of object oriented design principles
• Basic knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Basic knowledge of data communication and Internet protocols
• Basic knowledge in database design

Courses DAT050, DAT055, LET375, LEU061, TDA357 or equivalent. The course requires good programming knowledge. The other prerequisites in the list makes it easier  to complete the course and helps in general understanding. However, the course is laid out to allow students to be able to complete assignments and to learn and understand the topics, even if they lack some of these other prerequisites.

Organisation

You will form groups of 3-4 students and complete a group project, which should be a medium-size full stack web application with a NodeJS backend. (More information will be provided on the Project Information page when the course starts.)

The course also consists of:

• lectures given on campus and streamed by Zoom
• recommended readings from the literature
• five laboratory assignments to be completed in the same groups as the project, which guide you through the first stages of designing and building the project
• weekly project group meetings with a supervisor (either Robin or Beata)

Examination

The course will be graded U, 3, 4 or 5.  The laboratory assignments must be passed for the course to be completed.  The grade for the course will be determined by the project grade and individually for each student based on their contribution to the project.

The supervised weekly project meetings are mandatory. If you have a lot of absence, your supervisor may decide to give you an extra assignment within the context of the group project.