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DIXN12-100: App Development for Everyone

Description

Digital-first organisations depend on applications (apps) for competitive advantage, and they rely on professionals who know why, when and how to use and make them. You will learn how to make apps in this subject, regardless of your planned profession or mathematical background. Advances in application architecture have produced development platforms (DPs) that require either “no-code” or “low-code” interactions with which digital-first professionals make apps. These DPs use graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that permit the point-and-click assembly of apps for use by other professionals, clients, or consumers. After learning about popular no-code and low-code DPs, you will follow the steps used by digital-first professionals to make your first app. You will also learn about project logic, scope and risks associated with app development and the essential best practices for creating apps using mainstream DPs. 

Subject details

Type: Undergraduate Subject
Code: DIXN12-100
EFTSL: 0.125
Credit: 10
Study areas:
  • Communication, Film, and Creative Media
Subject fees:
  • Commencing in 2025: $4,460.00
  • Commencing in 2025: $5,990.00

Learning outcomes

  1. Identify leading no-code and low-code development platforms the benefits and limitations of each.
  2. Describe basic development processes and project lifecycles for simple app development.
  3. Outline common use cases for no-code and low-code apps.
  4. Create an app using visual tools in a popular development platform.
  5. Identify and implement logical flows and draw from simple data structures.
  6. Test and deploy an app on a mobile platform.

Enrolment requirements

Requisites:

Nil

Assumed knowledge:

Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.

Restrictions: