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CT071-3-3-DDAC - DESIGNING & DEVELOPING CLOUD APPLICATIONS

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT


Lecturer(s) :
Date Assigned : Week 4
Date Due : Week 15



LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of this project, you should be able to:

1. Compare various cloud based services that can be applied and integrated into a
highly effective in cost and performance system. (A4, PLO8).
2. Design an application using recommended performance criteria that is suitable for
deployment in a cloud platform. (C6, PLO3).
3. Defend a cloud application deployment based on various performance criteria. (A5,
PLO4)

BACKGROUND

Cloud computing as a term has been around since the early 2000s, but the concept of
computing-as-a-service has been around for much, much longer – as far back as the 1960s,
when computer bureaus would allow companies to rent time on a mainframe, rather than have
to buy one themselves. These ‘time-sharing’ services were largely overtaken by the rise of the
PC which made owning a computer much more affordable, and then by the rise of corporate
data centers where companies would store vast amounts of data.

But the concept of renting access to computing power has resurfaced a number of times since
then – in the application service providers, utility computing, and grid computing of the late
1990s and early 2000s. This was followed by cloud computing, which really took hold with the
emergence of software as a service and hyper scale cloud computing providers such as
Microsoft Azure Services, Amazon Web Services and so on.

With the arrival of Salesforce.com in 1999, the idea of cloud computing came to the fore and
since then a lot has been done in this field. Its strength can be judged from the fact that it’s
predicted that Cloud’s deployment will be in default by 2020. An area which is hugely
benefitting from cloud computing is e-commerce. There are myriad of advantages e-commerce
is drawing from cloud computing today. Cloud computing in e-commerce enables the business
to look big virtually and operate extensively. (apps, 2018) For example, in term of scalability,
cloud computing enables an e-commerce application to cater to the changing demand and
scenarios of the market. It allows to upscale or downscale the services according to the demand,
traffic, and seasonal spikes. Cloud provides the scalable architecture your business needs. The
fact that your business will increase in the coming time, it is vital to scale the business as it
grows. Besides, for an e-commerce business, speed plays an important role to make the
customers stay glued. Thus, in the speed area, cloud computing provides the users with greater
bandwidth, computational power, and storage.
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As a summary, due to the emerging of the cloud technologies and the increasing of the internet
users, nowadays, there are many apps and legacy software have already moved to the cloud.
The scalability, flexibility, and increase in employee collaboration make a cloud strategy
almost imperative for a growing business. According to John Angove, CEO of Commercient
(CRM, 2019), “In order to be nimble, moving your processes to the cloud is the best option for
companies that want to stay competitive.”


QUESTION:

In this individual project, you are required to develop a small interactive and dynamic web
application using the ASP.NET and deploy it in the Azure Cloud. Your web application
architecture must apply distributed and cloud based design concepts and integrating various
cloud services, cloud storage options to optimize performance as well as availability. You may
consider to develop a web application in one of the following area:

i. Electronic Business / Marketing application to sell company product and services
to the customers on the Internet.
ii. Electronic Intermediary application that allows electronic communication between
buyer and suppliers.

The exact topic must be agreed with the lecturer before you start.

Your application need to meet the requirements below:

At the end of the development stage, you MUST deploy the application into the Microsoft
Azure Cloud and use their monitoring tools to analyze your web application performance.

However, the actual content of the website is entirely up to you and must be within the context
of this module.

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IMPLEMENTATION SECTION (CLO2 – 30%):
Below are the minimum requirements for the cloud application.

1. Design & develop a single tenant web application hosted on Microsoft Azure Cloud
as an App Service (Web App).
2. Consume ANY TWO (2) of the Azure cloud storage / database services below in your
cloud application. You have to briefly explain why and how you use it / them.
i. Azure SQL Database
ii. Azure Blobs Storage
iii. Azure Table Storage
iv. Azure Cosmo DB
3. Your cloud application must consist of at least 8 interlinked pages. You are required
to provide a quality content and design for your system. Your application should
include the user login and logout pages.
4. To be able to scale the solution to meet the needs of demands during peak seasons.
5. During the deployment stage, use the Azure Application Insights service to do and
analyze your cloud application performance. Must include the Availability and
Responsiveness Testing for your web site.

6. Cloud Design Pattern need to be implemented in your system. And you should also
discuss the related pattern in the documentation i.e. how the pattern works in your
system.

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DOCUMENTATION SECTION (CLO1 – 50%)

The documentation should include the following:

 Format:
- Type face: Times New Roman/ Arial. Bold face, italic & lines can be used for
emphasizing and to enhance readability.
- Font size: 12(except tittles and headings).
- Margins: 1” from the left, right, top & bottom of the edges of the A4 paper.
- Spacing: maximum 1.5 lines between texts of a paragraph.
- Alignment: justify.
- Headers and footers can be used all pages must be numbered accordingly.
- Standard cover page as available in learning management system

 Recommended Content

- Cover Page
» Your cover page should contain the following items:
 Your Name and student ID
 Intake code
 Subject
 Project Title
 Date Assigned (the date the report was handed out)
 Date Completed (the date the report is due to be handed in)
 APU logo

- Acknowledgement

- Table of Contents
» The table of contents should have the topic title and reference page
number attached to each topic.

- Introduction
» This section introduces your project including the background
information, and objectives, scopes, and a summary of the major
functions or contents of your solution.
» Discuss the background of the Azure Cloud and AWS Cloud. Compare
theirs services / features together with their services pricing

- Project Plan
» This section defines the tasks to be completed, and project schedule.


- Requirement Specifications
» This section defines the minimum hardware and software requirements
that needed for your application to run in the Azure cloud.


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- Design
» This section defines the cloud architecture style for your web
application.
» You must discuss the components such as resource group, virtual
machines, virtual network and etc. that used in your architecture.
» You have to discuss minimum one Cloud Design Pattern in that is
suitable for your system.
» Include all the diagram, e.g. system flowchart

- Implementation
» Discuss the steps on how the system was implemented in the cloud
environment.
» Code snippet and test cases plans are required to add in this section.

- Result and Discussion
» Testing Discussion
» Analyze and discuss the functional & performance of your application
» Attach the cost analysis diagram for your Azure service usage. The
diagram can be retrieved from the Azure Cost Management + Billing
Section. You have to briefly discuss the cost analysis diagram.

- Conclusion and Reflections

- References

- Appendix


PRESENTATION SECTION (CLO3 – 20%):

- Implementation section will be assessed by a 10 – 15 minutes demonstration.


SUBMISSION

 The completed solution MUST be published in Microsoft Azure
 Project documentation (softcopy) to be placed in the CD.
 Hardcopy of project documentation to be submitted at administrative services to
comply with university regulation.

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

 Please refer Appendix 1

PLAGIARISM

Verbatim reproduction of material from external sources (web pages, books, papers, etc.)
is not acceptable. If you are paraphrasing external content (or even your own prior work)
or were otherwise influenced by them while completing your assignments, projects or
exams, you must clearly acknowledge them. When in doubt, add a citation.
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ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

CLO
Compon
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No
Criteria
Mark
Allocation
Score















CLO
1

1

Documentation (100/200) – 50%


100
Introduction
 Topic Background
 Problem statement, Objectives, and
Scope of Project
 Summary of the major functions
 Azure and AWS: Structure, Features
and pricing comparison diagrams



15

Project Plan
 Discussion on tasks to be completed
 Gantt Chart


5

Requirement specifications
 Hardware, Software and Users
requirements


15

Design & Solution Architecture
 Cloud Architectural Style and Diagrams
 Discussion on the Cloud Design Pattern


20

Implementation and Deployment
Guide
 Application code snippets - focus on
Azure Cloud Services Area
 Application deployment guideline


15

Result and Discussion
 Collect, and interpret diagnostics and
instrumentation data
 Analyze the current cost usage diagram


20

Conclusion and reflections 5
References 5

Total Score in Documentation


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CLO
Compon
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No
Criteria
Mark
Allocated Score









CLO
2

2

Implementation (60/200) – 30%

60

Interface Design
 Usage of CSS
 Appropriate usage of images / graphics

10
Publishing an Application to Azure 10
Testing Cloud Applications
 Unit Testing
 Performance Testing

20
Implementation of Managed Databases
 Correct usage of Azure Database /
Storage
 Relevance to the project topic
20

Total Score in Implementation



CLO
Compon
ent
No
Criteria
Mark
Allocated Score










CLO
3

3

Presentation (40/200) – 20%

40

Application Scaling with Justification
 Scale Up (Vertical Scaling)
 Scale Out (Horizontal Scaling)

10
Discussion of Managed Databases
 Connection flows from application to
the Azure SQL Database & Cloud
Storage Services

10
Presentation Skills
 Conveying message concisely
 Provide concrete examples to illustrate
points
 Speaking confidently
 Selecting language appropriate to the
audience

20

Total Score in Presentation


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Grading:

Grade Range
A+ Distinction >=80%
A 75-79%
B+ Credit 70-74%
B 65-69%
C+
Pass
60-64%
C 55-59%
C- 50-54%
D Marginal Fail 40-49%
F+
Fail
30-39%
F 20-29%
F 0-19%


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APPENDIX 1

Marking
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80-100 %
Exceptional problem solving with supporting analysis and application development
skills with extraordinary originality and adoption of new tools, platforms, methods &
technologies. Work may be considered for further expansion.
75-79 % Outstanding problem solving and application development skills.
70-74 %
Excellent knowledge base that supports analysis, evaluation, problem-solving and
application development of discipline with considerable originality
65-69 %
Good knowledge base that supports analysis, evaluation, problem-solving and
application development.
60-64 %
Satisfactory knowledge base that supports some analysis, evaluation and problem-
solving and application development.
55-59 %
Basic knowledge base with some omissions at the level of technology. Restricted
ability to discuss and/or or solve problems.
50-54 %
Limited knowledge base. Limited understanding of discipline. Difficulty with problem
solving and application development.
40-49 %
Little evidence of knowledge base. Little evidence of understanding of discipline.
Significant difficulty with problem solving and application development.
30-39 %
Inadequate knowledge base. Inadequate understanding of discipline. Major difficulty
with problem solving and application development.
20-29 %
No evidence of knowledge base; no evidence of understanding of discipline. Total
inability of problem solving and application development.
0-19 %

Awarded for: (i) non-submission; (ii) dishonesty; (iii) in situations where the student
fails to address the project brief (e.g.: answers the wrong question) and/or related
learning outcomes



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Bibliography

apps, n. g., 2018. 4 Reasons: Why Cloud Computing in E-Commerce is Important?. [Online]
Available at: https://www.newgenapps.com/blog/importance-of-cloud-computing-in-e-commerce
[Accessed 5 April 2019].

CRM, C. -. E. I. f., 2019. DOES YOUR BUSINESS NEED A CLOUD COMPUTING STRATEGY?.
[Online]
Available at: https://www.commercient.com/does-your-business-need-a-cloud-computing-strategy/
[Accessed 5 April 2019].