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DH2642 Interaction Programming and the Dynamic Web 7.5 credits

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Interaction programming gives the basic Model-View-Presenter principles for developing interactive applications. These principles can be applied to many desktop, mobile or web apps frameworks. The course currently applies these principles to web applications, using JavaScript, JSX, HTML, CSS  and frameworks like React and Vue.js. These front-end applications use data from remote back-ends using web APIs.

Information per course offering

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Termin

Information for Autumn 2026 Start 26 Oct 2026 programme students

Course location

KTH Campus

Duration
26 Oct 2026 - 11 Jan 2027
Periods

Autumn 2026: P2 (7.5 hp)

Pace of study

50%

Application code

11116

Form of study

Normal Daytime

Language of instruction

English

Course memo
Course memo is not published
Number of places

Min: 1

Target group
Open for all programs from year 3, and for students admitted to a master's program, provided that the course can be included in the program.
Planned modular schedule
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Schedule
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Course syllabus as PDF

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Course syllabus DH2642 (Autumn 2026–)
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Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

An introductory course to web application programming, with a focus on user experience and responsive web applications. The course provides basic Model-View-Presenter architecture principles for developing interactive applications. Such principles can be applied to desktop, mobile, or web apps and frameworks. The course applies the principles to web applications using JavaScript, JSX, HTML, CSS, and UI frameworks such as React and Vue.js, as well as state management and frameworks such as Mobx, Redux, Jotai, Recoil, Pinia, Zustand. These front-end applications use data from back-end systems on the web using web APIs. Students who have previously studied ID2216 may choose to learn new frameworks at the interface or state management level and reflect on the differences between web/HTML and mobile interactive elements and the types of interactive apps and designs they enable.

Intended learning outcomes

Having passed the course, the student will be able to

  • choose appropriate technical platforms or JavaScript frameworks to create useful data persistent interactive web applications or native applications
  • program interactive web applications according to Model-View-Controller or related architectures
  • program systems that read data from, and send data to, web interfaces with good use qualities
  • assess and improve the usability of existing interactive web applications
  • cooperate with others to implement interactive web applications.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

Knowledge and skills in programming, 6 credits, equivalent to completed course DD1337/DD1310-DD1319/DD1321/DD1331/DD1333/DD100N/ID1018/ID1022.

Recommended prerequisites

Corresponding to the course Human-Computer Interaction, introductory course (DH1620/DH2620) and programming competence, elements of object-oriented programming.

Literature

You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and completion

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • PRO1 - Project, 4.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • LAB1 - Lab, 3.0 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Students who have studied ID2216 need to complete an extra laboratory assignment within the framework of LAB1 because DH2642 and ID2216 overlap in terms of parts of the architecture (such as Model and Persistence).

Examiner

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Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

EECS/Media Technology and Interaction Design

Main field of study

Computer Science and Engineering

Education cycle

Second cycle

Supplementary information

In this course, the EECS code of honor applies, see:
http://www.kth.se/en/eecs/utbildning/hederskodex