Enterprise Computing (VS1) (U02944)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 9 ? Acronym : INF-3-EC-V

Enterprise computing is the name given to distributed computing as practised in medium-sized or large organisations where the need to share data between physically-distributed sites is the primary motivator for the creation of a distributed system. The course is biased towards the acquisition of practical skills rather than an investigation of the theoretical limitations of distributed systems. The aim is to treat the dominant relevant technologies in depth rather than to give a more superficial survey of a larger number of technologies. The technologies studied are based on XML (the eXtensible Markup Language) as a data representation language and Java as a companion programming language for distributed programming.

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : U01902

? Pre-requisites : Informatics 2 Successful completion of Year 3 of an Informatics Single or Combined Honours Degree, or equivalent by permission of the School. This course is only available to part-year visiting students who are only in Edinburgh for Semester 1.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Parallel and Distributed Computing, (School of Informatics, Schedule O)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

- This course provides an introduction to the design and implementation of distributed computing systems and encourages an understanding of semi-structured data. This understanding is demonstrated by being able to construct small-scale examples of systems which use these components.
- The intellectual skills encouraged by the course include the ability to reason about the effect of design on remote evaluation, recovery from failures and performance. These skills can be applied in the design of new enterprise systems or the modification of existing ones.
- The practical skills acquired in the course include understanding XML parsing technology, client-server systems and multi-tier systems, Java distributed programming techniques and Web services. Students demonstrate their understanding of this technology through essay-based examination questions and programming exercises undertaken as coursework.
- The transferrable skills acquired in the course include design of distributed computing systems and modern data structuring methods. Students display these skills through being able to use the APIs and technology of the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) platform productively.