Professional Certificate in Mobile Application Development Module: Interfacing Mobile Apps with Web Back-Ends (Synchronous e-Learning)
- Analytics & Tech
- Innovation & Business Improvement
This programme is conducted online.
3 days
Weeknights (7pm - 10:30pm)
Saturday (9am - 12.30pm)
Who Should Attend
- Aspiring app developers who want to build full-stack mobile applications that can be published online for download or sale
- Anyone with an interest in learning the fundamentals of mobile app design and development
- Professionals with coding experience, but new to mobile app development
PREREQUISITES
- Experience in other programming languages
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- Functional Laptop: (1) CPU must be of at least intel core I3, (2) GPU must have an integrated graphics card and (3) RAM must be of at least 4GB
Overview
A key feature of modern mobile apps is the ability to keep your data in sync across multiple devices, by working with web-based back-end services through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). In this module, learn the basic concepts by working with APIs and setting up mobile apps that work with a given web back-end, using the Flask framework in the Python programming language. Participants will be able to create and customise a web back-end for their mobile apps at the end of this course.
This module is part of a sequential programme and is not available on a standalone basis.
Learning Objectives
- Understand what an Application Programming Interface (API) is, and how to read documentation when working with common APIs
- Read, understand, and write common API data storage and communication formats: JSON and XML
- Implement common web requests: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, and more, to perform database tasks
- Create a mobile app that retrieves information asynchronously from a given web back-end
- Write code in Python for the purposes of modifying a given web server
- Read and write SQL code to store data on the web back-end
Topic/Structure
- Introduction: What is an API? What are some common APIs?
- Web requests: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, and how they relate to databases
- The data formats of APIs: JSON and XML
- Creating a mobile app that works with an existing free online API
- Working asynchronously with web requests and APIs in mobile app development, against a given Flask back-end
- Introduction to Python programming and SQL databases to set up a back-end with Flask
- Final project: Make a mobile app that retrieves information from the web, displays it for the user, and allows the user to make changes
Assessment
- Project presentations
CERTIFICATION
Upon meeting the attendance and assessment criteria, participants will be awarded a digital certificate for participating in each module. Please refer to our course policies to view the attendance and assessment criteria.
Upon completion of all modules required for this programme within a maximum duration of 3 years, participants will be awarded a digital certificate.
Calculate Programme Fee
Fee Table
| COMPANY-SPONSORED | |||
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PARTICIPANT PROFILE |
SELF-SPONSORED |
SME |
NON-SME |
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Singapore Citizen < 40 years old Permanent Resident LTVP+
|
$523.20 (After SSG Funding 70%) |
$203.20 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$523.20 (After SSG Funding 70%) |
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Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old |
$203.20 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$203.20 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$203.20 (After SSG Funding 70% |
|
International Participant |
$1,744 (No Funding) |
$1,744 (No Funding) |
$1,744 (No Funding) |
All prices include 9% GST
Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.
Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.
Self Sponsored
SkillsFuture Credit
Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.
This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.
Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).Workfare Skills Support Scheme
From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.
Company Sponsored
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)
- Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
- Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
- Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
- Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
- Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
- Trainees are eligible for ETSS funding only if their company's SME status is approved prior to the course commencement date. To verify your SME's status, please click here.
Please click here for more information on ETSS.
Absentee Payroll
Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:
AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)
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