Data, schemas and Applications IFIEKG-20-3 Chris Wallace Mark Butler

Assessment 50% exam 50% coursework –Term 1 – well-defined group project using PHP and SQL –Term 2 – open individual project using XML Project-based – work on the coursework to trigger needs for teaching

Themes of the Module Under the hood Design decisions Data structures Multimedia Interactivity Applications Questions?

Applications We start the module by looking at a typical web application: –To see how it is constructed –To see what data it contains and how the data is related We have chosen Flickr as the base application. Work on understanding and describing Flickr will form the first part of the first coursework.

Flickr - –Our Canoeing photos Flickr architecture –a talk by Cal Henderson, –Flickr architect at Web design World San Francisco Feb 2006.Web design World –Flickr: a Case study in &q=ajax+applications &q=ajax+applications

Exploring an Application What are we studying existing applications? What kind of questions should we be asking? What sources of information are there? How do we record our understanding?

Pyramiding 5 minutes – think about these questions on your own 10 minutes – in pairs, look for differences and explore these 10 minutes - groups

Tutorial Hand out Draft assignment specification. Discuss the results of the pyramiding session – how to investigate Flickr Start to look at Flickr.