Comp 7780 Special Topics in Knowledge & Info Mgmt

Jan 8, 2024 - Apr 20, 2024 Semester 2 (3 units)

Lecturer: Hans Yip

HKBU | HKBU Computer Science Department | My Website | Download Syllabus

Course Description:

This course reviews the trend of technologies and discusses the future technologies that Information Technology personnel requires to know. Course topics include Cloud Computing, Big Data, and IOTs. The course also reviews and practices Mobile First, SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), API, microService, and Agile concept. In addition, the course also covers and practices the new server side scripting language Node.js, and the app development - Android Studio. (No previous programming experience is required)

Week	Date	Topics	Homework	Comment
Week01	Jan 18, 2025	Class Overview	None	None
Week02	Jan 25, 2025	Project management technologies: SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) Role play: Project Manager Analyst Developers Tester	Assignment #1	Software Requirement Specification Project manager documents: Project TimeLine Issue log Analyst documents: High level design document Detail design document Developer documents: coded program/software Tester documents: Test Plan Test cases Software defect log
Week03	Feb 8, 2025	Internet/Network technologies: Web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) Mobile First (Responsive Web Design (RWD), Bootstrap) Cloud Computing	Technical samples HTML5 Template HTML5 CSS3 HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript HTML5 Form Problem and Solution questions Web technologies - question 1	Web technologies: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML5) HTML5 review HTML5 (review notes - powerpoint document) Cascading Style Sheet (CSS3) CSS3 review HTML with CSS - menu CSS3 (review notes - powerpoint document) HTML with JavaScript JavaScript function - slideshow JavaScript change border JavaScript product form JavaScript enlarge image JavaScript menu JavaScript onkeyup JavaScript data validation (php feedback form) Javascript (review notes - powerpoint document) HTML forms HTML form (php) PHP script HTML AJAX Ajax sample (Ajax help) Use of Ajax help Ajax sample 3 New version of Ajax sample Mobile First/Responsive Web Design (RWD) Bootstrap basic: HTML5 no Bootstrap (HTML5 template) HTML5 with Bootstrap (Bootstrap template) Bootstrap Grids: Three equal columns: Three equal columns (Desktop version) Three equal columns (tablet version) Three equal columns (mobile phone version) Two unequal columns: Two unequal columns (Desktop version) Two unequal columns (tablet version) Two unequal columns (mobile phone version) Bootstrap tables: basic table striped table bordered table hover table responsive table Bootstrap images: rounded image circle image thumbnail image responsive image Bootstrap buttons: button style button element button size block level button active/disabled button Apply bootstrap to old web page: Old webpage without bootstrap Old webpage with bootstrap
Week04	Feb 15, 2025	Project management technologies: Agile software development process Role play Scrum Master Developers	Assignment #2	Software Requirement Specification Sample web page User Story template backlog
Week05	Feb 22, 2025	Programming technologies (backend): Node.js (lecture)	Problem and Solution questions Programming technologies (Back-end) - question 1	Node.js (Simplified version) Node.js Interview questions
Week06	Mar 1, 2025	Programming technologies (backend): Node.js Event Node.js Event sample Node.js Sync Async Node.js Sync Async Node.js Sync Async outline Node.js Sync Async 2	Problem and Solution questions Programming technologies (Back-end) - Interview Questions Programming technologies (Back-end) - question 2	Node.js at a glance
Week07	Mar 15, 2025	Programming technologies (frontend): Mobile Apps Apple iOS Android - MIT app inventor Android Studio	Problem and Solution questions Programming technologies (Front-end) - question 1	Mobile app development using Flutter Install Flutter on MacOS Install Flutter on Windows Mobile app development using MIT appInventor Android App (Talk to me part1) Android App (Talk to me part2) Download and install TalkToMePart1 to Android Download and install TalkToMePart2 to Android
Week08	Mar 22, 2025	Database technologies: Structured data: Databases Relational database design Unstructured data: Big Data	Problem and Solution questions Database technologies - question 1	None
Week09	Mar 29, 2025	Interface technologies: API (Application Programming Interface)	None	Sample RESTful Web Service using Node.js Normal HTML Form Php program batch file with curl (api sample)
Week10	Apr 5, 2025	Interface technologies: microService	None	None
Week11	Apr 12, 2025	Project management technologies: Software development process review and compare	None	None
Week12	Apr 26, 2025	Future technologies: Artificial Intelligent (AI) + technologies = improved life style IoTs	None	None