Data on the course

5 ECTS cr

English.

Periods 3-4.

Upon completion of the course, the student:

• knows different Web API architectures and technologies (e.g. REST, RPC and event-driven architectures).
• understands Web API design principles and knows how to implement Web APIs using existing Web frameworks.
• knows how to evaluate Web API solutions and how to do unit and functional testing for Web APIs.
• knows how to document Web APIs with existing software tools (e.g. Swagger).

Web API architectures and technologies. Tools and frameworks for design, implementation, documenting and testing Web APIs.

Lectures and exercises online, self-study and group work for project work. The course learning platform is Lovelace (lovelace.oulu.fi).

LLectures (3 x 2h), guided laboratory exercises (5 x 3h), self-study and group work (112h). During the course, students as groups implement software, present their work in online face-to-face meetings and write a project report.

M.Sc. students of Computer Science and Engineering; other students of the university of Oulu are accepted, if there is enough space in the classes.

Prerequisities: Elementary programming (521141P) or equivalent Python programming skills. The course Applied Computing Project I is recommended.

The course is an independent entity and does not require additional studies carried out at the same time.

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Course assessment is based on the completion of project work assignments (functional software, course project report) and the exercises. More detailed information will be provided in the course material.

The course unit utilizes a numerical grading scale 1-5. In the numerical scale zero stands for a fail.

Teemu Leppänen

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