Development of Server-side Solutions 6 Credits
Course Contents
The course introduces solutions on the server side, which provide digital products with structured information. Server-side solutions are created taking into account the principles of service design. The course starts with basics of programming in Python and explains web frameworks for creation of server-side applications such as Flask. The client-server model is considered then as well as creation of web services with REST API. Request routing, templates for web pages and serialization with JSON are explained next. Storing of data in a database on the server is detailed then. The second part of course continues the subject of information architecture and semantic technologies. This part deals with enhancing web applications with semantic technologies and linked data: embedding semantic tags in HTML, finding and consuming open data as well as publishing own datasets.The topics covered in the course include:
- development of server-side solutions based on the principles of service design
- introduction to programming in Python
- the client-server model of programming
- web frameworks for Python
- request routing and web page templates
- stateless web services, REST API, and JSON serialization
- storing data in a database and ER-modelling
- using open vocabularies and standard schemas for structuring information
- enhancing HTML pages with embedded RDFa tags
- consuming linked data with JSON-LD and SPARQL
- publishing data with RDF(S), JSON-LD, and a SPARQL endpoint
Prerequisites
Passed courses at least 90 credits within the major subject in Informatics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Interaction Design (with relevant courses in web programming), and completed course User Experience Design, 6 credits. Proof of English proficiency is required.Level of Education: Master
Course code/Ladok code: TDVS27
The course is conducted at: School of Engineering
