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. COMP 2831 continues the established Systems Analysis tradition and provides the foundation for all BCIT Computing development credentials. 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. 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. Agile frameworks including XP, Extreme Programming, and SCRUM are also introduced. 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 are required to work in groups, to provide detailed written materials and to make presentations of their designs. COMP 2831 is the prerequisite for COMP 2833 Agile Methods and the Scrum Framework. Both courses are required in the Agile Development Associate Certificate and the Computer Systems Certificate, CSC. Upon completion, successful students will be able to use industry standard tools and methods to analyze, design, document, present and implement information systems. Computer Systems Certificate, CSC students must complete COMM 1103 or COMM 1106 prior to COMP 2831.
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 programming course follows on from COMP 1850 or COMP 2132. It is aimed at students who already understand how to build web pages with HMTL, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery. Angular is a popular JavaScript-based, open-source front-end application framework designed to address the challenges of developing modularized single-page applications. Vue.js is an newer open-source framework based on JavaScript that was designed for building user interfaces. Vue.js functions like Angular to rapidly modularize application development. Participants first learn Angular development fundamentals and then practice building components, modules, and services for data-driven, client-side web applications. 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. As well, there is a brief introduction to using Angular with the Apache Cordova framework for platform independent mobile development for Android and iOS. Web students may also want to complete COMP 2913 React and Modern JavaScript, plus COMP 3012 Back-End Web Development with Node.js. Upon successful completion students will have experience using these rich advanced JavaScript frameworks to develop data-driven and interactive single-page web applications for all mainstream browsers.
Prerequisite(s):

• 60% in COMP 2132

​React is an open source JavaScript library for building user interfaces for web and mobile applications. This challenging, hands-on course follows on from COMP 1850 and (COMP 2015 or COMP 2132) and is aimed at students who already understand how to build web pages with HMTL5, CSS3 and who are proficient with JavaScript. The main goal of using React is to create fast, and modular applications. Students begin with an introduction to the basic concepts of React and how it works with the browser Document Object Model (DOM). Other topics include JavaScript ES6, JSX, and React Router. Instructor led labs and exercises focus on how to structure and develop single-page applications following current industry standards. Web students may also want to complete COMP 2909 Angular and Vue.js or COMP 3012 Back-End Web Development with Node.js. Upon completion successful participants will be able to build fast and feature-rich web applications using React and modern JavaScript.​ ​
Prerequisite(s):

• 60% in COMP 2132

​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 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 or COMP 2913 -React and Modern JavaScript. 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/PTS Diploma. It is also preparation for the follow-on COMP 3916 Docker for DevOps. Upon completion, successful students will be able to use Node.js to build robust, scalable, data intensive web applications with user authentication. This course replaces COMP 2912 as of September 2021.
Prerequisite(s):

• 60% in COMP 2132

This hands-on advanced course follows on from JavaScript is aimed at students who already possess a solid understanding of web development and who have programming experience. COMP 3015 begins with basic client/server concepts, participants are introduced to server-side programming with PHP theory, basic syntax and a variety of open-source software tools. Topics include: data encoding, regular expressions, input sanitization and common components to a typical web application. MySQL, password hashing, and SSL/TLS are also discussed. Participants are provided with a front-end web application to connect to the back-end and gain experience with the major functions of server-side programming, and client/server architecture. They will gain experience making use of cookies, headers and developing procedural scripts. Labs and exercises include different encoding types for transport between browser and server application, basic web application security and the dangers of cross site scripting, session hijacking and the difference between synchronous/asynchronous calls for AJAX requests. Note: Applied Web Development (AWD) students without programming experience are advised to complete COMP 3012 -Back-End Web Development with Node.js, prior to this course. Upon completion of COMP 3015, successful students will able to write browser independent server-side scripts, develop commercial quality web applications and be prepared to move on to COMP 4669 Advanced Web Applications.
Prerequisite(s):

• 60% in COMP 2132
• Non-programmers are advised to complete COMP 2912 or COMP 3012 prior to COMP 3015.

​This hands-on course continues on from COMP 3015 – Web Application Development with PHP. Students focus on Object Oriented Programming (OOP) with PHP to develop complex commercial quality web applications. COMP 4669 begins with the PHP in the command line interface (CLI). Labs and exercises use open source libraries and integrate with application frameworks to safely persist passwords and communicating with third party services. The model-view-controller (MVC) pattern and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) middle-ware for advanced web applications are introduced. Application Programming Interface (API) services, OAuth open standard for consumer implementations and Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) are discussed and used in assignments. Note: Applied Web Development (AWD) students without programming experience are advised to complete COMP 3012 -Back-End Web Development with Node.js, prior to COMP 3015. COMP 4669 is required in the Web and Mobile Application Development (WMA) Associate Certificate, it is also an elective Applied Web Development (AWD) and the CST/PTS Diploma. Upon completion successful students will be able to power a front-end, single-page-application (SPA) by creating a back-end PHP service to create an advanced, secure web application to industry standards. COMP 4669 will only be offered in the winter (January) term.
Prerequisite(s):

• 60% in COMP 3015