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Level 6 Diploma in Information Technology

Mobile Application and API Integration Design

IT606 · Computing Projects — Week 5 of 16

CourseIT606
Week5 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Mobile Application and API Integration Design

  1. Mobile platform selection and architectural patterns
  2. RESTful and GraphQL API selection criteria
  3. OAuth 2.0 and JWT authentication design
  4. API data contracts and endpoint mapping
  5. Week 5: Lecture 22: Application Layer API Platform as a service for application integration
  6. MCP vs API: Simplifying AI Agent Integration with External Data

What you will be able to do

  • 4.1 Create a design for an application that will utilise a range of APIs.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: create a design for an application that will utilise a range of APIs.

Study materials

Videos

  • MCP vs API: Simplifying AI Agent Integration with External Data · YouTube · IBM Technology · 13 min · for registered students
  • RESTful API Patterns & Practices • Mike Amundsen • GOTO 2024 · YouTube · GOTO Conferences · 48 min · for registered students
  • GraphQL, gRPC and REST, Oh My! A Method for Unified API Design • Mike Amundsen • GOTO 2020 · YouTube · GOTO Conferences · 30 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Foundations of Information Systems, 4.4: Designing for Mobile Devices · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 140–146 · for registered students
  • CyBOK: Web and Mobile Security Knowledge Area · PDF · Cybok, textbook chapter; 48 pages · for registered students
  • NCSC: Authentication methods – choosing the right type · PDF · NCSC, guidance; 6 pages · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: E-Commerce Architecture and Security Technologies
  • Week 2: Payment Gateway Evaluation and Project Planning
  • Week 3: E-Commerce Solution Design and Implementation
  • Week 4: E-Commerce Testing and Critical Evaluation
  • Week 5: Mobile Application and API Integration Design
  • Week 6: Mobile Development and Core API Consumption
  • Week 7: Multi-API Integration and Mobile Feature Delivery
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Mobile Application and API Functional Testing
  • Week 10: Non-Functional Mobile and API Performance Testing
  • Week 11: Critical Evaluation of Mobile and API Solutions
  • Week 12: Applying Computing Projects in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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