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his course will appeal to non-technical professionals who would like to upgrade their skills in applying web technologies to their organisation or for anyone who would like to make a career change into the computing industry. The course will give them the opportunity to develop expertise in an important growth area of IT that relates to web technologies. The programme is practical in nature and aims to provide individuals with an understanding of how to create rich internet web applications using the latest web frameworks.
Who is the course for?
This course is for non-technical professionals in the workplace and college graduates from non-technical disciplines at level 8 on the National Framework of Qualifications. It should be noted that the course contains a large amount of technical content and independent study on projects and assessments.
As a graduate of this course, you will be able to:
. Understand the foundations of computing such as the binary number systems, software engineering principles and database design
. Create a web application
. Use a web framework to create web applications
. Understand the latest web 2.0 technologies
. Create a rich internet application that can communicate asynchronously
. Engineer a web application from requirements through analysis, design, implementation and testing
. Connect the web application to a database.
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Award: The Higher Diploma in Science in Web Technologies is awarded by QQI at level 8 on the National Framework of Qualifications.