This topic provides an introduction to Web Services. You will cover web services origins, the definition of a web service, web service examples, and the microservice concept.

This talk provides an introduction to Javascipt. You will cover JavaScript origins and primative types, objects, programming constructs and functions used in Javascript.

By completing a set of small exercises, this lab helps you develop an understanding of the basic syntax and fundemental concepts of th JaavaScript language. You should use the sample code provided with the lecture slides as an aid to this task.

The main aim of this lab is to prepare you for working with Node.js. The lab will focus on the behaviour constructs of JS, specifically, functions, methods and constructors.