Applied Web Development

This intensive, hands-on course is the prerequisite for all advanced database courses in BCIT Computing programs. COMP 1630 is equivalent to the Full-time CST and CIT Diploma database courses and provides an introduction to relational database design concepts and industry standards. Students learn the tools and processes for data modeling in Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) in a Windows PC lab environment. They also focus on the Structured Query Language, SQL to define and manipulate data. Topics include functional dependencies, normalization, database design methodologies, entity relationship modeling and the use of UML as a diagramming notation. Advanced topics include: an introduction to SQL, DDL- data definition language and DML- data manipulation language, views, security, transaction management, triggers and stored procedures. Current trends in database such as replication, object-relational DBMS, data warehousing, OLAP- online analytical processing and database uses web technology are discussed. Students in COMP 1630 are required to attend one face to face meeting each week, participate in group work, and an online component, plus complete reading and assignments outside of class. Upon successful completion, participants will be able to design and implement a database application and be prepared to move on to higher level database courses including: Data Warehouse, Data Quality, MySQL, MS Business Intelligence, MS SQL Server and Oracle.
Prerequisite(s):

• COMP 1002

​This hands-on course provides an introduction to basic web technologies, including scripting with HTML5 and CSS3. COMP 1850 is the foundation for several advanced web courses in BCIT Computing. Students are shown how to hand code web pages according to W3C standards using HTML plus style text and content with CSS. In addition to learning the foundational web scripting languages, students receive an introduction to web interface design concepts. Information architecture, and basic interactivity using web forms will also be discussed. There is a brief introduction to JavaScript and the concept of the DOM (Document Object Model). Labs and exercises focus on how to build fluid layouts using CSS flexbox and grid. Students will also create mobile phone and tablet friendly websites using modern mobile-first responsive web development techniques. COMP 1850 is a required course for Web Development Fundamentals and several Associate Certificates including: Applied Web Development, AWD; Applied Computer Information Systems, ACIS; Applied Computer Applications, ACA; Technical Writing, some Business programs, as well as the Computer Systems Certificate, CSC. By the end of this course successful students will be able to design, develop, and deploy effective modern and responsive web sites. After completing COMP 1850 students are prepared to move on to the next level COMP 2132 -Web Development with JavaScript..
Prerequisite(s):

• COMP 1002

This hands-on course follows on from COMP 1850 -Introduction to Web Development. Those who already understand HTML5 and CSS3 will explore web development in more depth with JavaScript and jQuery and be introduced to programming for web sites and web applications. Students must provide their own current model PC, i5 or higher equivalent processor, 8 GB of RAM minimum, and 256 GB minimum storage. High-speed internet access is needed for online sections and for homework. COMP 2132 introduces web programming concepts, participants will create and use JavaScript variables, objects, functions, and arrays. Labs, exercises and assignments focus on the theory behind client-side web scripting and how to manage interactive sites. Topics include: object/feature detection, DOM manipulation, event handling, functions (named and anonymous), closures, object detection, object creation and prototyping, event handling and callback functions, jQuery introduction, jQuery plugin usage, form validation, timers and simple animations. Attendance, participation in class and the BCIT Learning Hub are mandatory. In the 12-week sections, students may have an average total time commitment of 7+ hours each week. Please Note: The 6-week compressed sections may have twice the workload per week. This course is prerequisite for several follow-on advanced JavaScript courses: COMP 2052 Android and Mobile Application Development Tools, COMP 2909 Angular and Vue.js, COMP 3012 Back-End Web Development with Node.js, COMP 2913 React and Modern JavaScript and COMP 3015 Introduction to Web Applications with PHP. COMP 2132 is a required course for BCIT Computing Advanced Web Technologies; both associate certificates in Applied Web Development, AWD and Web and Mobile Application Development, WMA, as well as Web Development Fundamentals and the Computer Systems Certificate, CSC. Upon completion, successful students will be able to program Front-End and Back-End web sites, and develop significant web applications with JavaScript.
Prerequisite(s):

• 60% in COMP 1850 or 50% in COMP 1170 or 50% in COMP 1171 or 50% in COMP 1537

Business Analysis and Systems Design is the study of concepts, processes and tools that professionals use to plan and develop information systems to industry standards. Computer Systems Certificate, CSC students must complete COMM 1103 or COMM 1106 prior to COMP 2831. This course assumes that all participants have strong English communication and interpersonal skills. Students must provide their own current model PC, i5 or higher equivalent processor, 8 GB of RAM minimum, and 256 GB minimum storage. High-speed internet access is needed for online sections and for homework. Beginning with an introduction to the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), students work in teams to initiate the system process, analyze problems, discover requirements and create a logical design. Participants will work in groups to ask implicit questions in order to make better decisions. They will then document detailed communication plans prior to developing an information system. COMP 2831 provides the foundation for all BCIT Computing development credentials. Topics include: techniques used in the discovery of business requirements, traditional approaches to data and process modelling. There is an overview of Object-Oriented Modelling techniques using the Unified Modelling Language (UML) as well as an introduction to Project Management. Please Note: Attendance, participation in class and the BCIT Learning Hub are mandatory. Students may have an average total time commitment of 13+ hours per week; 3 hours of synchronous class time, a 1-hour online component, plus 9+ hours of homework each week. Participants work in groups, to provide detailed written materials and to make presentations of their designs. Upon completion, successful students will be able to use industry standard tools and methods to analyze, design, document, present, implement information systems and move on to COMP 2833 Agile Methods and the Scrum Framework. ​
Prerequisite(s):

• 60% in COMP 2501 or 60% in COMP 1630

This hands-on introduction to UX/UI is aimed at those who want to experience the development of user interfaces for applications, web sites, mobile applications, and information systems. COMP 1011 follows an iterative and agile approach focusing on User-Centered Design (UCD) as the motivator for product direction. Participants are expected to work within interdisciplinary teams, there will be an emphasis on collaboration, brainstorming, and the continued evolution of an interface concept based on UCD. User Experience (UX) encompasses a wide range of activities including User Interface (UI) design, Information Architecture (IA) and user research. Usability design and testing, tight integration and collaboration with software development processes are included in UX. COMP 1011 is required in the Computer Systems Certificate, CSC and is an elective in several other Computing programs. Upon completion, successful students will be able to incorporate user-centered iterative design principles and processes into a wide variety of IT projects.
Prerequisite(s):

• 60% in COMP 2831 or 60% in COMP 2501 or 60% in COMP 2132

​COMP 2052 provides an introduction to mobile application development using tools and scripting languages rather than object-oriented programing languages. This hands-on course follows on from COMP 1850 and (COMP 2015 or COMP 2132) and assumes students already understand how to develop and deploy web sites with HMTL5, CSS3 and JavaScript. Participants do not need to be object-oriented programmers however they should have significant experience using mobile apps. Students will design and develop web-based, native and hybrid mobile applications using jQuery Mobile, Android Studio, Apache Cordova, and other tools. Labs and exercises focus on how to implement entry level, mobile applications for Android and other mobile web platforms. Topics include a comparison of native, hybrid and web based mobile technologies. Starting with the fundamentals of web-based mobile applications, Android Studio and Apache Cordova are used to implement web-based, native, and cross-platform mobile solutions. COMP 2052 is an elective in the CST/PTS Diploma, the Web and Mobile Development (AMD) and Applied Web Development (AWD) associate certificates from BCIT Computing. Upon successful completion, students will be able to choose from a variety of tool sets for platform independent mobile and web application development. This course will only be offered once per year in the April term.
Prerequisite(s):

• 60% in COMP 2132

​This hands-on web development course follows on from COMP 2132. It was designed for students with prior experience developing web pages using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. Angular and Vue are popular JavaScript open-source front-end application frameworks for developing modularized single-page applications and building user interfaces. COMP 2909 starts with Angular development fundamentals, students are shown how to build components, modules, and services for data-driven, client-side web applications. Vue.js is then used for rapid modular web application development. Exercises also include: routing, asynchronous JSON transfer, and validation. These features are then implemented using Vue.js. Automated testing and redux architecture are also introduced using Angular. There is a brief introduction to using Angular with the Apache Cordova framework for platform independent mobile development for Android and iOS. Participants may also want to complete COMP 3012 -Back-End Web Development with Node.js, COMP 3013 -Front-End Web Development with React.js, and COMP 3015 -Web Application Development with PHP. Students must provide their own current model PC, i5 or higher equivalent processor, 8 GB of RAM minimum, and 256 GB minimum storage. Highspeed internet access is needed for online sections and for homework. COMP 2909 is an elective in several BCIT Computing applied associate certificate as well as the CST FLEX Diploma. Upon completion, successful students will be able to use Angular and Vue frameworks to develop data-driven and interactive single-page web applications for all mainstream browsers. This course is offered in the fall (October) and winter (February).​
Prerequisite(s):

• 60% in COMP 2132

​This hands-on course follows on from COMP 2132 and replaces COMP 2912. It was designed for students with prior experience developing web pages using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. Students must provide their own current model PC, i5 or higher equivalent processor, 8 GB of RAM minimum, and 256 GB minimum storage. Highspeed internet access is needed for online sections and for homework. Starting with how Node.js fits into client-server software architecture, participants will focus on the Node.js programming model. Labs and exercises cover creating, installing and using node modules. Web frameworks like Express.js and Jest as used to build and test powerful web applications. Students will experience how Node.js is used by enterprise environments and modern web stacks like MEAN and MERN. Topics include: how to build, and deploy a RESTful API following best-practices, and learn error handling strategies. Typescript integration with Node.js as well as how to connect to databases will also be discussed. Please Note: Attendance, participation in class and the BCIT Learning Hub are required. Students may have an average total time commitment of 11 hours each week; with 3 hours of class time, and 8 hours of homework. Web developers should also consider multiple advanced JavaScript tools including: COMP 2909 Angular and Vue.js Fundamentals and COMP 3013​ Front-End Web Development with React.js. COMP 3012 is an elective in several BCIT Computing applied associate certificates; Web Development (AWD), Web and Mobile Application Development (WMA), Advanced Java Development (AJD) and Advanced .NET Development; as well as the CST FLEX Diploma. Upon completion, successful students will be able to use Node.js to build robust, scalable, data intensive web applications with user authentication.
Prerequisite(s):

• 60% in COMP 2132

React.js is an open source JavaScript library widely used to create fast, modular web and mobile applications. This hands-on course follows on from COMP 2132 and was designed for students with prior experience developing web pages using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. Students must provide their own current model PC, i5 or higher equivalent processor, 8 GB of RAM minimum, and 256 GB minimum storage. Highspeed internet access is needed for online sections and for homework. Starting with an introduction to React.js concepts, participants concentrate on how React works with browsers and the Document Object Model (DOM). Then students use the modern Hooks API to built clean and testable components. Instructor led labs and exercises focus on how to structure and develop single-page applications using NPM, Webpack and Babel, following current industry standards. Topics include: Routing, Server-Side Rendering, Styling, State Management, and deployment. Please Note: Attendance, participation in class and the BCIT Learning Hub are required. Students may have an average total time commitment of 11 hours each week; with 3 hours of class time, and 8 hours of homework. ​Web developers should also consider learning multiple advanced JavaScript tools including: COMP 2909 -Angular and Vue.js Fundamentals and COMP 3012 Back-End Web Development with Node.js. COMP 3013 is an elective in several BCIT Computing applied associate certificates; Web Development (AWD), Web and Mobile Application Development (WMA), Advanced Java Development (AJD) and Advanced .NET Development; as well as the CST/PTS Diploma. Upon completion successful participants will be able to use React to create and deploy dynamic web applications quickly, with more functionality and less code. This course replaces COMP 2913 as of January 2023.
Prerequisite(s):

• 60% in COMP 2132

​This hands-on advanced course follows COMP 2132 –Web Development with JavaScript and is aimed at students who already possess a solid understanding of web development and who have client-side programming experience. COMP 3015 begins with basic client-server concepts. Participants are then introduced to server-side programming with PHP and a variety of open-source software tools. Topics include: data encoding, regular expressions, input sanitization, dependency management with Composer, and common components to a typical web application. MySQL, password hashing, and TLS are also discussed. Labs and assignments include using: file I/O, password hashing functions, plus uploading images and other files to a server. Participants gain hands-on experience developing and deploying server-side software in an Object- Oriented Programming (OOP) approach Students practice obtaining and processing user input, basic web application security and how to mitigate the dangers of cross site scripting, session hijacking, and SQL injection. COMP 3015 is a required course in the Web and Mobile Application Development (WMA) Associate Certificate, and the CST FLEX Diploma, which have significant coding prerequisites. Note: Applied Web Development (AWD) students without Java or C# programming language experience are advised to complete COMP 3012 -Back-End Web Development with Node.js, prior to this course. Upon completion, successful students will be able to develop commercial quality web applications and move on to COMP 4669 -Advanced Web Applications with PHP.
Prerequisite(s):

• 60% in COMP 2132

​This hands-on course continues on from COMP 3015 –Web Application Development with PHP and is aimed at students who are already able to build significant PHP web applications. COMP 4669, begins with a review of topics covered in COMP 3015, then students are introduced to the Model-View-Controller (MVC) and Active Record patterns. Topics include: RESTful APIs, Caching, Message Queues, and Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS). Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) libraries are used in assignments and labs to interact with MySQL databases. WebSockets are also discussed with an emphasis on secure development practices and application performance. Labs and assignments use open source libraries and integrate with application framework and how to safely persist passwords and communicate with third party services. Participants use industry standard PHP frameworks to develop secure and scalable RESTful APIs with JSON responses. Application middleware is also introduced to handle CORS and cookie handling. COMP 4669 is an elective in the Applied Web Development (AWD), the Web and Mobile Application Development (WMA) Associate Certificates, and the CST FLEX Diploma. Note: Web Development students should also consider COMP 3012 -Back-End Web Development with Node.js and COMP 3013 -Front-End Web Development with React.js. Upon completion, successful students will be able to build and deploy front-end, single-page-applications (SPAs) by creating back-end PHP services for commercial quality server-side web applications. COMP 4669 will only be offered in the winter (January) term.
Prerequisite(s):

• 60% in COMP 3015