Syllabus Map#
Programming for the Web#
Proposed Sequence:
Web Part I covered in Web Part I (Term 4 2024)
Web Part I and II split across Web Part I and Web Part II
Web Part II covered in Web Part II (Term 1 2025)
Other covered in a later module
Data transmission using the web#
Explore the applications of web programming
Including
interactive website/webpages
e-commerce
progressive web apps (PWAs)
Investigate and practise how data is transferred on the internet
Including
data packets
internet protocol (IP) addresses, including IPv4
domain name systems (DNS)
Investigate and describe the function of web protocols and their ports
Including:
HTTP, HTTPS
TCP/IP
DNS
FTP, SFTP
SMTP, POP 3, IMAP
SSL, TLS
Explain the processes for securing the web
Including:
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates
encryption algorithms
encryption keys
plain text and cipher text
authentication and authorisation
hash values
digital signatures
Investigate the effect of big data on web architecture
Including:
data mining
metadata
streaming service management
Designing web applications#
Investigate and explain the role of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in the development of applications for the web
Including:
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
internationalisation
web security
privacy
machine-readable data
Model elements that form a web development system
Including:
client-side (front-end) web programming
server-side (back-end) web programming
interfacing with databases that are based on Structured Query Language (SQL) or non-SQL
Explore and explain the influence of a web browser on web development, including the use of developer (dev) tools
Investigate cascading style sheets (CSS) and its impact on the design of a web application
Including:
consistency of appearance
flexibility with browsers or display devices
CSS maintenance tools
Investigate the reasons for version control and apply it when developing web application
This will not be covered under Programming for the Web. Students will cover this in the Software engineering project.
Explore the types and significance of code libraries for front-end web development
Including:
frameworks that control complex web applications
template engines
predesigned CSS classes
Explain the use and development of open-source software in relation to web development
Investigate methods to support and manage the load times of web pages/applications
Research, experiment with and evaluate the prevalence and use of web content management systems (CMS)
Assess the contribution of back-end web development to the success of a web application
Observe and describe the back-end process used to manage a web request
Including:
role of webserver software
web framework
objects
libraries
databases
Develop a web application using an appropriate scripting language with shell scripts to make files and directories, and searching for text in a text file
A project meeting this point will be included at the end of Web Part 1
Compare Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) to SQL
Describe how collaborative work practices between front-end and back-end developers improve the development of a web solution
Design, develop and implement a progressive web app (PWA)
Including: