SIT737 - Cloud Native Application Development

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Assumed Knowledge:

Operating systems and computer networks

Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Valeh Moghaddam
Prerequisite:

SIT774

For students enrolled in S464, BDS(Hons): Must have completed 16 credit points.

For students enrolled in S470, S506, S507, S508, S535, S536, S538, S577, S677, S735, S737, S739, S770, S778, S779, S789: Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: SIT323
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 2 hour online lecture per week, 1 x 2 hour practical experience (workshop) per week.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

Online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 2 hour online lecture per week (recordings provided), 1 x 2 hour practical experience (workshop) per week.

Content

The cloud native approach to application development reflects modern demands to rapidly adapt to new business requirements, improve utilisation and efficiency of development teams, and deliver high quality reliable and scalable services using cloud technologies.  Cloud native applications are constructed using the microservices architecture and typically exist only within the cloud.  In this unit students will learn to design, develop, and deploy of cloud native applications according to best practices including infrastructure as code, asynchronous communication, instrumentation, latency management, replication and parallelization, failure management, and security.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Explain cloud-native architectures and discuss benefits for using this approach to a range of audiences.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication

ULO2

Analyse scenarios and design, develop, deploy, monitor, and manage cloud-native solutions that meet stakeholder requirements.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Review cloud-native application designs and implementations, and propose strategies to improve their performance.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO4

Research new technologies in cloud-native applications and use the knowledge gained to inform solutions.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO3: Digital Literacy

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Learning portfolio Portfolio consisting of programming code, presentations, and reports 100% Week 12

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Hurdle requirement

To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must meet certain milestones as part of the portfolio.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SIT737 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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