Elevator Pitch 1

Remember the old quote "Rome was not built in a day", this holds very true in regards to the development of this ePortfolio site, and also the knowledge gained from this subject. These too were not built in a day but gained over many.

It is becoming increasingly clearer that the world-wide web is transforming the business world quite dramatically and fast. More content is moving online, businesses are increasingly using more web technologies to integrate key systems, so as to gain that ever so important strategic advantage over their competitors. This masters subject ITC594 aims to provide insight into the development and implementation of e-Systems; the frameworks and tools utilised in creating these systems; and the core architectures surrounding these systems.

Throughout the duration of this programme of work, I have built a good foundation of knowledge in regards to e-Systems infrastructures; background and overview of e-commerce and distributed applications; frameworks on which e-Systems are built on; understanding of the latest in technologies affecting businesses who want to provide e-Systems, the tools and technologies involved which help enable businesses to integrate and communicate, and lastly how these systems are developed using an intuitive web application design framework "Ruby On Rails".

To be ahead of the competition, you must be fast and agile when it comes to the development of e-Systems. This is why frameworks like "Ruby on Rails" which have been detailed and discussed as part of this programme of work are helping developers design and implement web applications faster and more efficiently through the use of common design patterns such as MVC; design paradigms like 'Convention over configuration' which essentially means that the developer only has to take care of the unconventional aspects of the application, as the rest is taken care of by the framework.

I look forward to even further enhancing my knowledge in this particular growth area with the other workshops and exercises, and to further build and grow my knowledge on my 'ePortfolio', very similar to how Rome was built overtime.