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Accessibility statement
The World Wide Web continues to provide a foundation for developing increasingly influential and strategic technologies, supporting applications and services in all sectors. This module gives an insight into technologies, architectures, standards, languages and frameworks and an understanding of approaches to more dynamic content. It also demonstrates how to analyse requirements, and plan, design, implement and test various applications. While this module considers a range of programming languages and their roles in developing web applications, it doesn’t teach programming – you must already have programming skills.
Block 1: Web foundations
This block provides a grounding in web technologies, enabling you to appreciate what’s going on ‘behind the scenes’ when interacting with websites and web applications. It introduces the key technologies on which the Web is founded, including the historical development of the Web, protocols, standards, responsive design, accessibility and usability.
Block 2: Interactive web
The second block expands the view of the web to include the architectures and technical elements that underpin the modern, interactive web and web applications. It looks at the tools, libraries and frameworks used to build this interactive web, and broader aspects such as performance, resilience, and accessibility.
Block 3: Developing applications
The final block first looks at the server-side of application development and then steps back from the details of the technologies and their implementations to examine the broader aspects. It explores how IT professionals plan, design, and develop applications, examining project planning, design, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
Project
At the end of the module, you’ll carry out a substantial project, applying skills and techniques from each block.
There are no formal entry requirements to study this module.
At The Open University, we believe education should be open to all, so we provide high-quality university education to anyone who wishes to realise their ambitions and fulfil their potential.
Even though there are no entry requirements, you’ll need an appropriate knowledge of IT obtained through any of the following:
You must be familiar with programming concepts (conditionals, loops, functions, arrays, etc.) and writing programs in a language such as Java, Python, PHP or JavaScript.
We recommend that you’ve completed:
If you have no programming experience, we recommend completing the TM252 programming boot camp before the module.
You’ll get help and support from an assigned tutor throughout your module.
They’ll help by:
Online tutorials run throughout the module. While they’re not compulsory, we strongly encourage you to participate. Where possible, we’ll make recordings available.
Course work includes:
You’ll have access to a module website, which includes:
The OU strives to make all aspects of study accessible to everyone, and this Accessibility Statement outlines what studying TM252 involves. You should use this information to inform your study preparations and any discussions with us about how we can meet your needs.
To find out more about what kind of support and adjustments might be available, contact us or visit our Disability support website.
Web technologies (TM252) starts once a year – in February.
This page describes the module that will start in February 2027.
We expect it to start for the last time in February 2029.
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