This subject investigates the design and implementation of applications for handheld/portable devices. Students will learn about different operating systems and development environments, and also the hardware & software technologies relating to mobile devices.

2005: Existing unit CSE3211 Handheld Applications and Operating Systems being updated to fit into the new BITS degree structure with new FIT code.

FIT3061 Handheld Applications and Operating Systems is an elective 3rd level unit in the Caulfied BITS major in Systems Development.

This unit extends the knowledge students gained in FIT1001, FIT1002, FIT1005 and FIT1007 with specific emphasis on mobile communication programming and technologies.

Students undertaking majors in Systems Development need a more advanced level of programming than is provided in the faculty core. This unit extends the knowledge and skills gained in FIT1001, FIT1002, FIT1005 and FIT1007.

At the completion of this unit, students will:

• be familiar with the various technologies associated with handheld/portable computing devices
• be competent in producing software for such devices by event-based programming techniques, using an industry relevant Object-Oriented language
• be familiar with a GUI-oriented Integrated Development Environment (MS Visual Studio. NET)
• be familiar with a subset of the Microsoft .NET framework and the various facilities it provides, in particular those relating to handheld devices

At the completion of this unit, students will have attitudes that will allow them to:

• write programs that conform to programming standards
• use good design principles when constructing systems
• apply appropriate testing to their applications
• acknowledge any assistance they have received in writing a program
• search for supplementary unit-related information in appropriate places when necessary

At the completion of this unit, students will be able to:

• design an object-oriented program using appropriate classes which interact with each other
• write object-oriented code which makes use of classes from an existing application framework
• debug and modify an existing program consisting of many interacting classes.
• demonstrate a good understanding of inheritance, exception-handling, event-handling, UI design, and data manipulation
• develop and use mobile applications, including web applications and web services
• use their existing knowledge of data structures and algorithms to solve new problems
• use industry-standard development tools to write their programs

At the completion of this unit, students will be able to:

• document a program correctly
• help each other with programming tasks, via discussions forums and tutorial discussions
• work effectively in small groups to perform research tasks
• present their work in various forms

ASCED Discipline Group classification: 020103 Programming

Handheld computing, "Lite" Application Development, Architecture, User Interaction. Handheld Operating Systems, Application development environments, Handheld - database connectivity. Use of emulators and test suites. Construction of handheld applications, desktop synchronisation and the separation of computing tasks. Use of modems, cameras, infrared, serial communcation and TCP/IP. Contexts for deploying handheld computing, user interaction, modality, screen design, and desktop integration.

Handheld computing, "Lite" Application Development, Architecture, User Interaction. Handheld Operating Systems, Application development environments, Handheld - database connectivity. Use of emulators and test suites. Construction of handheld applications, desktop synchronisation and the separation of computing tasks. Use of modems, cameras, infrared, serial communcation and TCP/IP. Contexts for deploying handheld computing, user interaction, modality, screen design, and desktop integration.

Recommended Reading:

• Application Development Using C# and .NET (2001), Stiefel M et al, Prentice-Hal
• Building Microsoft ASP.NET Applications for Mobile Devices (2003), A Wiglet & P Roxburgh, MS press .NET
• Microsoft .NET Compact Framework Kick Start (2003), E Rubin & R Yates, Sams
• Object-Oriented Analysis And Design With Applications (2004), Booch G, Benjamin Cummings
• Professional C# (2004), Robinson S et al, Wrox

On campus

One 2-hour lecture and one 2-hour laboratory session each week. Each student (working in groups of 2) is also required to research and present a small tutorial paper in the laboratory session during the semester.

Knowledge and understanding objectives are achieved mainly through lectures and tutorial work.

Attitudes and beliefs objectives are achieved mainly through laboratory work and assignment work.

Practical skills objectives are achieved mainly through laboratory work and assignment work.

Relationships, communication and team work objectives are achieved mainly through laboratory work and assignment work.

Assignment 50% + Formal tutorial assessment 10% + 2 hour Exam 40%

Knowledge and understanding objectives are assessed mainly through laboratory work and the examination.

Attitudes, values and belief objectives are assessed mainly through the examination and assignment work.

Practical skills objectives are assessed mainly through laboratory work and assignment work.

Relationships, communication and team work objectives are assessed mainly through laboratory work and assignment work.

12 hours per week including lectures, laboratory sessions and private study.

High-tech lecture theatre with data display and internet connection, with a PC and facility to plug in a laptop, for two hours per week throughout the semester.

Nil

Laboratory equipped with the Standard Operating Environment.

One lecturer per semester. One tutor per laboratory session per semester.

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, plus 3rd-party software available from the web.

Adequate copies of at least the recommended texts listed above.

FIT

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

((CSE1201 or FIT1001) AND (CSE1203 or FIT1007)) OR CSE1303