EECS 485: Web Systems

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

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Schedule

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Day	Lecture	Lab	Deadline
Web Applications
Week 1 Aug 30 - Sep 3	L01 Introduction L02 Static Pages	Project 1 Intro
Week 2 Sep 6 - 10	L03 Server-side Dynamic Pages L04 Sessions	Python Debugging	Project 1 due Sun Sep 12 11:59pm Spec
Week 3 Sep 13 - 17	L05 Encryption L06 Web Security	Project 2 Intro
Week 4 Sep 20 - 24	L07 REST APIs L08 Client-side Dynamic Pages	Databases	Project 2 due Sun Sep 26 11:59pm Spec
Week 5 Sep 27 - Oct 1	L09 Client-side Applications L10 Asynchronous Programming	Project 3 Intro & REST APIs
Web Distributed Systems
Week 6 Oct 4 - 8	L11 MapReduce L12 Google File System	Javascript & React
Week 7 Oct 11 - 15	L13 OS and Parallelism L14 Networking	Asynchronous Programming & React Debugging	Project 3 due Sun Oct 17 11:59pm Spec
Week 8 Oct 18 - 22	No class - fall study break No class	No lab
Week 9 Oct 25 - 29	No class	No lab	Midterm Tue Oct 26 7pm
Web Semantics
Week 10 Nov 1 - 5	L15 Text Analysis for Web Search L16 Link Analysis for Web Search	Project 4 Intro, Threads & Sockets
Web Distributed Systems
Week 11 Nov 8 - 12	L17 Scaling Web Search L18 Scaling Static Pages	MapReduce & Multithreaded Debugging	Project 4 due Sun Nov 14 11:59pm Spec
Week 12 Nov 15 - 19	L19 Scaling Dynamic Pages L20 Scaling Storage	Project 5 Intro & MapReduce Pipelines
Week 13 Nov 22 - 26	No class - Thanksgiving break	No lab
Web Semantics
Week 14 Nov 29 - Dec 3	L21 Recommender Systems L22 Ads and Auctions	Text Analysis & Index Servers	Project 5 due Sun Dec 5 11:59pm
Week 15 Dec 6 - 10	L23 Blockchain L24 Dark Web	No lab
Final Exam			Final Mon Dec 13 7pm

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