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EECS 485: Web Systems

The University of Michigan, Winter 2021

A holistic course of modern web systems and technologies, covering front end and back end. Build an Instagram clone in the first half of the semester, and a Google clone in the second.

Syllabus

Welcome to EECS 485 Winter 2021!

  • There will be both asynchronous (recorded) and synchronous (Zoom) lectures and labs available. They will cover the same material.
  • You may choose to watch or attend any session, regardless of the lecture and lab sections you are registered for.
  • Labs start the first week of class. There is a lab quiz each week, due Sundays at 8pm.
  • See the schedule below for all due dates, including project deadlines and exam times.
  • Complete details are available in the syllabus.
If you are on the waitlist, you will be sent an e-mail when a spot opens. The CSE undergraduate advising office can answer logistical questions about the waitlist.

Lectures

Synchronous

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3-4:30pm Eastern

Zoom

Asynchronous

Videos in Lecture box below

Submit questions here or on Piazza

Friday 9am Kloosterman Q&A (Zoom)

This Week (January 19-22)

Lecture 3 - Server-Side Dynamic Pages

Hamilton

Slides and Recording available Tuesday

Lecture 4 - Sessions

Hamilton

Slides and Recording available Thursday

Office Hours
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Hamilton OH

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Monday through Thursday 4:30-5:30pm

Lab

Lab 2 Worksheet

Lab 2 Quiz (due 8pm Sun. Jan. 31)

Optional synchronous lab sessions:
Wed 10:30am (Zoom)
Wed 3pm (Zoom)
Fri 9:30am (Zoom)

Project
Project 1 due February 5, 8pm

Project 1 Overview
Events
Meet the staff

Thursday, 7pm

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Tutorials

HTML

w3Schools HTML Intro
CSS

w3schools CSS Intro
Python

Official Python Tutorial
Operating System

Install web dev tools on your operating system
Version Control

git and GitLab
Browser Tools

Web dev features in popular web browsers
Python virtual environment

python3 -m venv
Python debugger

pdb and pdb++
Python testing

pytest
Shell scripting

Command line automation
Remote Collaboration Guide

Tools and tips for working with groups virtually

Projects

Labs

Feedback

Report a bug in a project or lab
Lab 1

Project 1 Setup
Lab 2

Static Pages Tools and AWS

Schedule (all times Eastern)

Week Lecture 1 Lecture 2 Lab Deadlines
Jan. 19 - Jan. 22

Lecture 1: Introduction
Kloosterman:
L01 L01.1 L01.2 L01.3 L01.4
Hamilton:
L01 L01

Lecture 2: Static Pages
Kloosterman:
L02 L02.0 L02.1 L02.2 L02.3 L02.4 L02.5
Hamilton:
L02 L02

Lab 1: Project 1 Setup Lab 1 Quiz due Sun. Jan. 24 8pm
Jan. 25 - Jan. 29

Lecture 3: Server-Side Dynamic Pages
Kloosterman:
L03 L03.0 L03.1 L03.2 L03.3 L03.4

Lecture 4: Sessions
Kloosterman:
L04 L04.0 L04.1 L04.2 L04.3 L04.4 L04.5 L04.6

 Lab 2: Static Pages Tools and AWS Lab 2 Quiz due Sun. Jan. 31 8pm
Feb. 1 - Feb. 5 Lecture 5: Encryption Lecture 6: Web Security Lab 3: Project 2 Setup

Project 1 due Fri. Feb. 5 8pm

Lab 3 quiz due Sun. Feb. 7 8pm
Feb. 8 - Feb. 12 Lecture 7: REST APIs Lecture 8: Client-Side Dynamic Pages Lab 4: Server-Side Dynamic Pages Tools Lab 4 quiz due Sun. Feb. 14 8pm
Feb. 15 - Feb. 19 Lecture 9: Client-Side Applications Lecture 10: Asynchronous Programming Lab 5: Project 3 Setup

Project 2 due Fri. Feb. 19 8pm

Lab 5 quiz due Sun. Feb. 21 8pm
Feb. 22 - Feb. 26 Lecture 11: Networking Lecture 12: Google File System Lab 6: Client-Side Dynamic Pages Tools Lab 6 quiz due Sun. Feb. 28 8pm
Mar. 1 - Mar. 5 Lecture 13: Map Reduce (last lecture covered on midterm) Lecture 14: OS and Parallelism Lab 7: Scaling a Database with PaaS

Project 3 due Fri. Mar. 5 8pm

Lab 7 quiz due Sun. Mar. 7 8pm
Mar. 8 - Mar. 12 No Lecture No Lecture No Lab Midterm Thursday, Mar. 11, 3-5pm
Mar. 15 - Mar. 19 Lecture 15: Text Analysis Lecture 16: Link Analysis Lab 8: Project 4 Setup Lab 8 quiz due Sun. Mar. 21 8pm
Mar. 22 - Mar. 26 No Lecture: Well-Being Day Lecture 17: Scaling Web Search Lab 9: Scaling static files and media uploads with PaaS Lab 9 quiz due Sun. Mar. 28 8pm
Mar. 29 - Apr. 2 Lecture 18: Scaling Static Pages Lecture 19: Scaling Dynamic Pages Lab 10: Project 5 Setup

Project 4 due Fri. Apr. 2 8pm

Lab 10 quiz due Sun. Apr. 4 8pm
Apr. 5 - Apr. 9 Lecture 20: Scaling Storage Lecture 21: Recommender Systems Lab 11: Scaling Server-Side Dynamic Pages with PaaS 1 Lab 11 quiz due Sun. Apr. 11 8pm
Apr. 12 - Apr. 16 Lecture 22: Ads and Auctions Lecture 23: Blockchain Lab 12: Scaling Server-Side Dynamic Pages with PaaS 2

Project 5 due Fri. Apr. 16 8pm

Lab 12 quiz due Sun. Apr. 18 8pm
Apr. 19 - Apr. 23 Lecture 24: Dark Web and Ethics
Apr. 26 - Apr. 30 Final Exam: Mon. Apr. 26, 8-10AM

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You can reach us using the Contact Staff link in the sidebar.

jklooste
John Kloosterman

jklooste@umich.edu

Windows 10

nham
Nicole Hamilton

nham@umich.edu

Windows 10

kmamin
Krishan Amin

kmamin@umich.edu

MacOS

jadchaar
Jad Chaar

jadchaar@umich.edu

MacOS

achitta
Aditya Chitta

achitta@umich.edu

MacOS

ecdeuts
Erin Deutschman

ecdeuts@umich.edu

Windows 10

bknowles
Bronson Knowles

bknowles@umich.edu

Windows 10

akotha
Anoop Kotha

akotha@umich.edu

MacOS

tlansey
Taylor Lansey

tlansey@umich.edu

MacOS

adisoni
Adi Soni

adisoni@umich.edu

Windows 10

hawattoo
Hassaan Wattoo

hawattoo@umich.edu

MacOS

myounus
Maryam Younus

myounus@umich.edu

Windows 10

miczhang
Michelle Zhang

miczhang@umich.edu

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