The goal of this minor is to teach students how to design, develop, and implement a cross-platform mobile app for an external client, with a strong focus on UX/UI and modern software development methodologies.

Subject title

ECTS

6 EC  Project Design

  5 EC  Frontend Development 1: React & React Native

  2 EC  Psychology of Interaction

  2 EC  Research: Requirements & Design

11 EC  Project Implementation

  2 EC  Frontend Development 2: Accessibility & Security

  2 EC  Research: Implementation & Validation

The student is able to develop a cross-platform app in a process that spans from conducting interviews and performing requirements analysis to ultimately programming the app and making it available to others.

To achieve this goal, the student is able to:

•  Gather and analyse requirements

•  Advise on an appropriate solution

•  Translate recommendations into a design that is ultimately delivered as an interactive prototype (user interface aspect) and a technical design (software aspect)

•  Test whether the design and the final application meet the defined requirements.

•  Implement the design as a React Native app

•  Design and creating automated tests for both code and user interface

•  Set up an appropriate CI/CD process

Requirements:

•              Bachelor ICT 3rd year or 4th year

•              Experience with programming

•              Experience with UX design software, preferably Figma

Recommended but not required:

•              Experience with writing research papers

•              Familiarity with Design thinking

The core of the minor consists of a group project for an external client, which provides the opportunity to work on real-life realistic problems.

•              Do research with your project group to determine requirements, translate these into a well-substantiated design for a mobile app, and develop the app in React Native.

•              Supported by lectures on theory combined with practical exercises

Project assessment for the project design phase, consisting of a written report and a presentation of the app design created in Figma.

•         Project assessment for the project implementation phase, consisting of a written report, a code review and a presentation of the created app.

•  Written exam for React, take-home assignment for React Native.

•  Paper for Psychology of Interaction

•  Paper for Frontend Development 2

Teachers of the Information Technology study program (Haarlem) and guest lecturers from the field of App Development provide lectures.