Improving the content of a client-server technology training course: Set up and collaborative implementation of local and cloud-based remote servers

Abstract

The integration of software solutions in the content of training courses resulted from the socio-economic demand, has a positive effect on the enhancement of trainee students for future professional activities. However, the latest achievements of hardware and software are still not included in the content of the higher education in a timely manner. Therefore, we focused in our research on the improvement of the content of the training course based on a client-server technology by using modern software capabilities. The article presents the conceptual structure of the training course, settings and the integration of local and public cloud-based servers. It describes approaches of its use in the learning process. Microsoft SQL Server 2016, Microsoft Azure SQL Database, ASP.NET MVC 5 Framework were used for teaching environments. The new course was introduced for Computer Science students of L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University and Kh.Dosmukhamedov Atyrau State University in Kazakhstan.