Application Development Environments

Code:

CC4015

Acronym:

CC4015

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Computer Science

Instance: 2020/2021 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Computer Science
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Mathematical Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
M:EG	3	Plano de Estudos do M: ENG.GEO_2013-2014	1	-	6	56	162
M:ENM	12	Official Study Plan since 2013-2014	1	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Provide the student experience in the use, administration and programming of some of the systems / applications currently used in the Windows environment. The particular focus is on event-driven programming using the programming environment of Visual Basic for Applications.

Learning outcomes and competences

Know how to develop programs that use MS Excel.
Know how to develop programs that use MS Access to access databases.
Create systems capable of integrating these two above mentioned tools.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Frequency of an initial course on programming, preferably an imperative language.

Program

1) Microsoft Excel
a) Use of Excel: Data types. Format data. Document data. Cell referencing. Formulas. Operators. Functions. Automatic sum and automatic calculation. Creation and manipulation of graphics.
b) Visual Basic for Applications (VBA): Variables. Operators. Procedures. Arguments. Arrays. Decision structures. Cycles. Basic Excel functions. Objects. VBA and Excel.

2) Microsoft Access
a) Basic concepts about databases. Tables. Data types and properties. Relations and associations. Referential integrity. Consultations. Types of consultation. Forms and sub-forms. Graphic controls. Reports, subreports and sections. Macros. Safety.
b) Workbook, Worksheet and Range objects. VBA and Access. Form, Report and Control objects. ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) for access to internal and external data. ADOX for run-time changes to the BD structure. Connection, Command and Recordset objects. Error handling. Collections.

3) Class modules.
Interface definitions. Interoperability and inter-application communication.

Mandatory literature

Running Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Press
Running Microsoft Access, Microsoft Press

Complementary Bibliography

ADO: ActiveX Data Objects, O'Reilly

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expository method; demonstrations; resolutions of exercises and practical coursework.

Software

MS Office 2016
Moodle UP

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Teste	60,00
Trabalho laboratorial	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	56,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho laboratorial	50,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Completing all practical work; a minimum score of 3.5 in the practical works; attend at least 60% of the theoretical classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Sum of all parts: coursework 1 (4 points), coursework2 (4 points), exam (12 points).

This gives a maximum of 20 points, which are converted to the correspondent scale.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Coursework1 (Excel-VB). Coursework2 (Access-VBA).

Classification improvement

Improvements to the final grade can only be made by a resit for the exam.