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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks Chris for this response – this a very helpful explanation/rationale. Your interpretations of the study design and programming requirements statement
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Bucknell<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 26 October 2015 12:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 SofDev] The role of databases in SD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi Mark,</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I’d say YES, databases are allowed to be used in Software Dev to store data or to provide data access logic (I’d even say that with
the “styles of modern application architecture – U3O2” it’s an invitation). <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">To my way of thinking (and reading the Study Design), there is nothing intrinsically problematic with the use of databases in software
development (or core programming concepts). Databases are just a place to store data and possibly provide a place to hold data access logic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">My perspective on developing a solution for a “real-world need or opportunity” is that there will be the need to have data stored and
accessed from somewhere and databases are just one of the technologies available to do this. Some data management and storage options available to Microslop solutions are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Local: Usually this data is in a file or local database, but in Windows 8, you can now treat other apps as sources for data by using the built-in
File Picker or contracts. In JavaScript apps, Web Storage and the Indexed Database (IndexedDB) API are also available as local data sources.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Remote: This data could be in the cloud using Azure SkyDrive or any remote HTTP endpoint that can serve JSON or XML data, including public APIs such
as Facebook or Flickr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">(</span><a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/jj991982.aspx"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/jj991982.aspx</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">(I personally like dot point two because clearly points to an option to use/discuss XML which is new in U3O1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I think the elephant in the room with the use of databases in software development comes from the fact that some database environments
(i.e. MS Access, Filemaker, etc…) provides a means of producing a user interface that required no substantial programming. These environments do not require the developer to create the operations needed to handle data interaction (i.e an abstraction layer
such as used in some modern architectures or simply code to issue basic SQL statements), but provide a data connections by clicking a connection between the field in a form and a field in a table. I think this is very neatly addressed in the new language
requirements as it clearly states that databases cannot be used with in the User Interface.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Once again only my two cents worth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au">mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 26 October 2015 9:14 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 SofDev] The role of databases in SD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">In the new SD study design, are external databases permitted or not?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">In the current design students were pushed to focus on core programming concepts - is this still true in the new design?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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