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This page provides helpful information about many coursework units offered by Computer Science and Software Engineering in 2023.

The information here is not official - for official information please see the current UWA Handbook. Instead, it will help students to prepare for their future units, before the beginning of each semester, and before they have access to UWA's Learning Management System (LMS).

About the unit CITS5505 Agile Web Development

Unit description:

This unit explores technologies, programming languages and environments that underpin the development of modern web applications. It builds on students' previous programming and data management experience to develop and demonstrate technologies in action. Topics and techniques evolve from year to year to stay at the technological front end of the rapidly changing web and internet fields. Examples include historical milestones of the internet and web; client/server models; internet protocols; document standards; development environments; client-side, server-side programming; n-tiered application architectures; database access and abstraction; open-source tools; and agile project methodologies.

Unit outcomes:

Students are able to (1) explain the key components that work together to enable the delivery of data and services on today's internet; (2) explain the technologies behind the terms and how they fit together, and justify this with examples of hands-on programming experience; (3) apply web technologies to effectively communicate; (4) develop web applications using client side and server side technologies; and (5) explain and apply agile project methodologies.

Unit coordinator:

Assoc. Prof. Tim French
[email protected]

Unit homepage:

Unit is offered in these majors and courses:

Indicative weekly topics:

week 1 Internet and Web
week 2 HTML5
week 3 CSS and Bootstrap
week 4 Javascript
week 5 AJAX and HTTP Requests
week 6 Agile development
week 7 Servers and Flask
week 8 REST APIs and databases
week 9 Application Architectures
week 10 Authentication
week 11 Testing
week 12 Revision

Indicative assessment:

web project, group project, final exam

Useful prior experience and background knowledge:

Python (or good programming skills), some knowledge of data bases

Useful prior programming and software experience:

Python, flask, javascript, HTML, CSS

Hardware required for this unit:

Students are able to undertake their laboratory exercises and projects in laboratories in the CSSE building, but most students also complete work on their own laptops.
The following hardware is required to successfully complete this unit:


Standard machine

Software required for this unit:

Students are able to undertake their laboratory exercises and projects in laboratories in the CSSE building, but most students also complete work on their own laptops.
The following software is required to successfully complete this unit:


Web browsers, vscode/IDE, Python/flask

Operating system(s) used in this unit:

Different units will use different operating systems for their teaching - for in-class examples, laboratory exercises, and programming projects.
If an operating system is REQUIRED, it will be used when marking assessments.


ANY reasonable platform




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