11–12Software Engineering 11–12 Syllabus
The new Software Engineering 11–12 Syllabus (2022) is to be implemented from 2024.
2024, Term 1
- Start teaching new syllabus for Year 11
- Start implementing new Year 11 school-based assessment requirements
- Continue to teach the Software Design and Development Stage 6 Syllabus (2010) for Year 12
2024, Term 4
- Start teaching new syllabus for Year 12
- Start implementing new Year 12 school-based assessment requirements
2025
- First HSC examination for new syllabus
Content
Year 12
Explore the applications of web programming
Including:- interactive website/webpages
- e-commerce
- progressive web apps (PWAs)
Investigate and practise how data is transferred on the internet
Including:- data packets
- internet protocol (IP) addresses, including IPv4
- domain name systems (DNS)
Investigate and describe the function of web protocols and their ports
Including:- HTTP, HTTPS
- TCP/IP
- DNS
- FTP, SFTP
- SSL, TLS
- SMTP, POP 3, IMAP
Explain the processes for securing the web
Including:- Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates
- encryption algorithms
- encryption keys
- plain text and cipher text
- authentication and authorisation
- hash values
- digital signatures
Investigate the effect of big data on web architecture
Including:- data mining
- metadata
- streaming service management
Investigate and explain the role of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in the development of applications for the web
Including:- Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
- internationalisation
- web security
- privacy
- machine-readable data
Model elements that form a web development system
Including:- client-side (front-end) web programming
- server-side (back-end) web programming
- interfacing with databases that are based on Structured Query Language (SQL) or non-SQL
Explore and explain the influence of a web browser on web development, including the use of developer (dev) tools
Investigate cascading style sheets (CSS) and its impact on the design of a web application
Including:- consistency of appearance
- flexibility with browsers or display devices
- CSS maintenance tools
Investigate the reasons for version control and apply it when developing web application
Explore the types and significance of code libraries for front-end web development
Including:- frameworks that control complex web applications
- template engines
- predesigned CSS classes
Explain the use and development of open-source software in relation to web development
Investigate methods to support and manage the load times of web pages/applications
Research, experiment with and evaluate the prevalence and use of web content management systems (CMS)
Assess the contribution of back-end web development to the success of a web application
Observe and describe the back-end process used to manage a web request
Including:- role of webserver software
- web framework
- objects
- libraries
- databases
Develop a web application using an appropriate scripting language with shell scripts to make files and directories, and searching for text in a text file
Apply a web-based database and construct script that executes SQL
Including:- selecting fields
- incorporating ‘group by’
- common SQL queries
- constraints using WHERE keyword
- table joins
Compare Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) to SQL
Describe how collaborative work practices between front-end and back-end developers improve the development of a web solution
Design, develop and implement a progressive web app (PWA)
Including:- the application of design and user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) principles of font, colour, audio, video and navigation
- a UI that considers accessibility and inclusivity