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 or equivalent knowledge of a Windows PC and file management.

​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 or equivalent knowledge of using a Windows 10 PC and file management on a network.

​This hands-on course replaces COMP 1950 and COMP 2015 as of September 2020. It follows on from COMP 1850 Introduction to Web Development. Students 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. 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. 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. This course is prerequisite for several advanced courses based on JavaScript including: COMP 2052 Android and Mobile Application Development Tools, COMP 2909 Angular and Vue.js, COMP 2912 Node.js, COMP 2913 React and Modern JavaScript and COMP 3015 Introduction to Web Applications with PHP. Upon successful completion of COMP 2132 participants will be able to program client-side web sites and move on to higher levels of web programming courses to build significant web applications.
Prerequisite(s): COMP 1850 or COMP 1170 or COMP 1171

​Business Analysis and Systems Design is the study of concepts, processes and tools that professionals use to plan and develop computer information systems to industry standards. COMP 2831 continues the established Systems Analysis tradition and provides the foundation for all BCIT Computing development credentials. Students learn how to ask implicit questions, to create and document communication plans and to make better decisions prior to creating an information system. Beginning with an introduction to the SDLC, Software Development Life Cycle, students work in teams to initiate the system process, analyze problems, discover requirements and create a logical design. 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. Students learn to work in groups to provide detailed written materials and make presentations of their designs. By the end of this course, successful participants will be able to use industry standard tools and methods to analyze, design, and implement information systems. This course is deemed equivalent to the full-time diploma courses COMP1712 and ACIT2831 Students who complete COMP 2831 will be prepared to move on to COMP 2833 Agile Software Development with Scrum and the Agile Development Associate Certificate.
Prerequisite(s): ​COMP 1516 or COMP 1630; Note: Computer Systems Certificate, CSC students must also complete COMM 1103 or COMM 1106 prior to COMP 2831.

This hands-on course follows on from COMP 1850 and (COMP 2015 or COMP 2132) and is aimed at students who already possess a working understanding of web scripting with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. Beginning with basic client/server concepts, students are introduced to server-side scripting, PHP theory, basic syntax and the difference between synchronous/asynchronous calls for responding to AJAX requests. There is a review of basic front end development concepts and JavaScript. Students who want to learn more about advanced JavaScript are also encouraged to complete: COMP 2909 -Angular and Vue.js Fundamentals, COMP 2912- Node.js Fundamentals and COMP 2913 -React and Modern JavaScript. COMP 3015 participants are provided with a front-end web application to connect to the back-end to serve the front end applications. Topics include: caching, Content Delivery Network (CDN), and external libraries to understand how to deal with these topics in the back end. Additional topics include: MySQL, password hashing and SSL/TLS. HTTP vs HTTPS, HTTP status codes, verbs, headers, cookies, and sessions as also discussed. 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. Participants gain experience with the major functions of server-side scripting, client/server architecture and a variety of open-source software tools. This course is required in several programs including Applied Web Development (AWD) plus the CST/PTS Diploma. It is also the prerequisite for COMP 4669 Advanced Web Applications. Upon successful completion of COMP 3015 students will able to write browser independent server-side scripts and develop a web application.
Prerequisite(s): COMP 1850 and (COMP 2015 or COMP 2132)

User Experience (UX) encompasses a wide range of activities including User Interface (UI) design, Information Architecture (IA) and field research. Usability design and testing, tight integration and collaboration with software development processes are included in UX. This hands-on course is an introduction to UX/UI for those who are creating user interfaces for web sites, mobile applications, and information systems, as well as those who want a better understanding of the role of UX/UI. Students will follow an iterative and agile approach focusing on User-Centered Design (UCD) as the motivator for product direction. Skills learned in this course will apply to web and mobile applications as well as IT systems interface development. Participants will be expected to work within interdisciplinary teams, with emphasis on collaboration, brainstorming, and continued evolution of an interface concept based on UCD. Upon completion, successful students will be able to incorporate user-centered iterative design principles and processes into a wide variety of IT projects. Some students may want to complete COMP 1910 – Introduction to 3D Simulations and VR/AR concurrently with COMP 1011.
Prerequisite(s): COMP 1002 or equivalent knowledge of using a Windows PC and file management.

​This hands-on course is aimed at BCIT Computing students who want to develop and implement an IT project plan. Students focus on Project Management best practices and decisions which apply across the IT sector including software development, building web sites and data analytics systems. COMP 1288 begins with a definition of Project Management fundamentals and terminology. Topics include: stakeholders, scope, deliverables, phases, milestones, deadlines, scheduling, estimates and budgets. Labs and exercises are designed to create project plans that identify and manage risk and take into account quality measures. There is a basic introduction to Microsoft Project software. Participants apply strategies to communicate project progress to stakeholders to keep IT projects on time and on budget. COMP 1288 is an elective in the Applied Computer Information Systems, ACIS and Agile Development Associate Certificates, it is required for the CST/PTS Diploma. Upon successful completion students will have an introduction to project management concepts and be able to conduct a post project evaluation.
Prerequisite(s): COMP 1002

​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): COMP 1850 and (COMP 2015 or COMP 2132), or equivalent knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and jQuery.

This 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 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 a 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 2912 Node.js Fundamentals and COMP 2913 React and Modern JavaScript. Upon successful completion students will have experience using these rich JavaScript frameworks to develop data-driven and interactive single-page web applications for all mainstream browsers. ​
Prerequisite(s): COMP 1850 and (COMP 2015 or COMP 2132) or equivalent knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and jQuery.

Node.js is a server-side JavaScript runtime enironment used to build network applications, and to create dynamtic web page content that generates data for interactive web pages. This hands-on course follows on from COMP 2015 or COMP 2132. It is designed for students who already understand how to build web pages with HMTL5, CSS3 and who also have significant JavaScript experience. Node.js uses an event driven, asynchronous I/O programing model to build web applications using JavaScript. Participants learn the Node.js programming model via labs and exercises. Topics include: Node's asynchronous programming model, Express web framework, accessing MongoDB, using Node Package Manager to install and manage node modules. Web developers should understand multiple advanced JavaSctipt tools including: COMP 2909 -Angular and Vue.js Fundamentals or COMP 2913 -React and Modern JavaScript. COMP 2912 is an elective in BCIT Computing's Applied Web Development (AWD) and the associate certificates; Web and Mobile, Advanced Java, and Advanced .NET Application Development, as well as the CST/PTS Diploma. Uopn on completion students will be able to use Node.js to build scalable, data intensive JavaScript web applications and be prepared to move on to COMP 3916 Docker for DevOps.
Prerequisite(s): COMP 1850 and (COMP 2015 or COMP 2132) or equivalent knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and jQuery

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 oir COMP 2912 Node.js Fundamentals. Upon completion successful participants will be able to build fast and feature-rich web applications using React and modern JavaScript.​
Prerequisite(s): COMP 1850 and (COMP 2015 or COMP 2132) or equivalent knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and jQuery. ​

This hands on course continues on from COMP 3015 – Introduction to Web Applications with PHP. Students focus on Object Oriented Programming (OOP) with PHP to develop complex commercial quality web applications. Starting with the PHP in the command line interface (CLI), labs and exercises use open source libraries and integrate with application frameworks and for safely persisting passwords. The model-view-controller (MVC) pattern, the most popular pattern for advanced web applications currently in use is introduced.. Application Program Interface (API) services, OAuth open standard for consumer implementations and Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) is discussed and used in assignments. JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) middle-ware is also introduced to see how front end applications communicate with back end applications. A bonus project is also available for those students who wish to work with ReactJS in a front end framework built in JavaScript. COMP 4669 is an elective Applied Web Development (AWD) and the CST/PTS Diploma. It is also required in the Web and Mobile Application Development (WMA) Associate Certificate. Upon successful completion students will learn to power a front-end Single-page-application (SPA) by creating a back-end PHP service to create an advanced web application. COMP 4669 will only be offered in the winter (January) term.
Prerequisite(s): COMP 3015