Enterprise Computing

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Description

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.

Syllabus

The syllabus below is provisional; deviations may occur and will be documented in the Lecture Log for the module.

• The structure of an enterprise computing system. Basic definitions and concepts.
• Using XML (the eXtensible Markup Language) to represent data.
• Validating XML with DTDs (Document Type Definitions) and Schemas.
• Parsing XML. Document Object Model (DOM) parsers. Simple API for XML (SAX) parsers.
• Java's distributed computing technology. Remote method invocation (RMI). Server-side computing.
• Java enterprise computing technologies. Servlets, Java Server Pages, Enterprise Java Beans.
• Java Web Services.

Assessed Coursework

There will be two pieces of assessed practical work.

References:

* XML: How to program. Deitel and Associates. Published by Prentice-Hall. * Java Web Services tutorial. Published by Addison-Wesley. Also available on-line at http://java.sun.com/webservices/docs/1.0/tutorial/* Java Web Services for Experienced Programmers. Deitel and Associates. Published by Prentice-Hall.