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This printed student book offers comprehensive coverage of the mandatory units for the Cambridge Advanced National in Computing: Application Development (Certificate and Extended Certificate). Endorsed for OCR's qualification and mapped to their specification, the book is designed to support students' learning of key concepts and information, while providing teachers with guidance on the depth of content they're required to teach. With features such as practice questions and contextual examples highlighting how concepts can be applied in the real-world, the book will engage students and help them build the skills and confidence needed to succeed in the qualification and beyond.
List of contents
Acknowledgements; Introduction; About the authors; How to use this book; Unit F160: Fundamentals of application development; TA1: Types of software used in application design; TA2: Software development models; TA3: Planning application development projects; TA4: Application design scoping; TA5: Human computer interface and interaction; TA6: Job roles and skills; Unit F161: Developing application software; TA1: Application software considerations; TA2: Data and flow in application software; TA3: API and protocols; TA4: Application software security; TA5: Operational considerations; TA6: Legal considerations; Unit F162: Designing and communicating UX/UI solutions; TA1: Principles of UX and UI design; TA2: Plan UX/UI solutions; TA3: Design UX/UI solutions; TA4: Communicate UX/UI solutions; TA5: Review and improve UX/UI solutions; Glossary; Index
