Information on individual educational components (ECTS-Course descriptions) per semester

  
Degree programme:Bachelor Computer Science - Digital Innovation
Type of degree:FH Bachelor´s Degree Programme
 Part-time
 Summer Semester 2023
  

Course unit titleElective: Low Code Development
Course unit code083121360109
Language of instructionEnglish
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional)Elective
Semester when the course unit is deliveredSummer Semester 2023
Teaching hours per week3
Year of study2023
Level of course unit (e.g. first, second or third cycle)First Cycle (Bachelor)
Number of ECTS credits allocated5
Name of lecturer(s)Verena FASTENBAUER
Lando SCHEBSDAT


Prerequisites and co-requisites

Programming skills, web services, data exchange formats and persistence.

JavaScript: Basics, tools, features and concepts of modern JavaScript

Course content
  • Citizen vs. software developer: differences, advantages and disadvantages, prerequisites
  • No-code/low-code development and platforms: Goal, purpose, market overview, feature set, scope of use, applications.
  • Prototype development with a low-code platform: e.g. https://www.outsystems.com/, https://www.mendix.com
Learning outcomes

The students

  • know the difference between Citizen Developer and Software Developer and can explain the functionality and area of application of no-code/low-code platforms and describe the advantages and disadvantages.
  • are able to create a low-code prototype.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Input lectures on low-code platforms and functionalities

Independent exploration of the basic functionalities of a low-code platform based on work assignments/exercises

Coaching project work (group) with final presentation

Assessment methods and criteria

The assessment is based on the following parts, each part needs to be positively graded: 20% documentation, 20% presentation, 60% final project.

For a positive grade, a minimum of 50% of the possible points must be achieved across all parts of the examination.

 

Comment

None

Recommended or required reading
  • Frank, Urlich; Maier, Pierre; Bock, Alexander (2021): Low Code Platforms: Promises, Concepts and Prospects: A Comparative Study of Ten Systems. ICB Research Reports DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, S. Nr. 70. Online im Internet: DOI: 10.17185/DUEPUBLICO/75244 (Zugriff am: 06.06.2022).
  • Project Management Institute (Hrsg.) (2021): Citizen development: the handbook for creators and change makers. Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA: Project Management Institute, Inc.
  • Sahay, Apurvanand u.a. (2020): „Supporting the understanding and comparison of low-code development platforms.“ In: 2020 46th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA). Portoroz, Slovenia: IEEE, S. 171–178. Online im Internet: DOI: 10.1109/SEAA51224.2020.00036 (Zugriff am: 06.06.2022).
  • Sanchis, Raquel u.a. (2019): „Low-Code as Enabler of Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Industry.“ In: Applied Sciences, 10 (2019), 1, S. 12. Online im Internet: DOI: 10.3390/app10010012 Woo, Marcus (2020): „The Rise of No/Low Code Software Development—No Experience Needed?“ In: Engineering, 6 (2020), 9, S. 960–961. Online im Internet: DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2020.07.007
Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning)

Classroom teaching.

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