Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- The techniques for deploying and testing mobile applications, and for enhancing their performance and scalability
- The characterisation and architecture of mobile applications
- The capabilities and limitations of mobile platforms that affect application development and deployment
- The enterprise-scale requirements of mobile applications
- The technology and business trends impacting mobile application development
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Model and manage mobile application development using a range of methods
- Explain the advantages and limitations of development frameworks
- Designing and develop mobile applications using a chosen application development framework
- Evaluate alternative mobile frameworks, and contrast different programming platforms
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Develop enterprise-level mobile solutions, by taking full advantage of the capabilities of the adopted platform/framework
- Work with software/hardware tools to develop, test and debug mobile applications
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Lecture | 36 |
Revision | 10 |
Follow-up work | 12 |
Completion of assessment task | 52 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 12 |
Wider reading or practice | 28 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Reto Meier, Ian Lake (2018). Professional Android, 4th Edition.
Bill Phillips et. al (2019). Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide.
Nate Ebel (2019). Mastering Kotlin: Learn advanced Kotlin programming techniques to build apps for Android.
John Horton (2019). Android Programming with Kotlin for Beginners.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Final Assessment | 50% |
Continuous Assessment | 50% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Set Task | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Set Task | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External