Distributed Systems

"Master the art of creating interconnected software ecosystems with our Distributed Systems course and unlock the power of seamless communication across networks!"

About the course

Explore the essentials of distributed systems, from concurrency and parallelism to scaling and load balancing, while mastering communication and data management techniques. Gain hands-on experience with cloud platforms, distributed databases, and real-world projects to design reliable, high-availability systems that meet modern computing demands.

Course Outcomes

Understand the basic concepts, needs, and models of distributed systems, including their operation and importance in modern computing.

Learn the principles of concurrency and parallelism within distributed environments.

Understand techniques for effective communication and data management across distributed components.

Explore concepts like system reliability, scaling, load balancing, and distributed file storage systems.

Integrate cloud computing and data engineering concepts to develop practical distributed systems applications.

Approach

Implement small-scale projects to practice concepts of concurrency, parallelism, and distributed communication.

Leverage cloud platforms' managed services (AWS, GCP, Azure) for hands-on experience with distributed databases, storage, and computing resources.

Design systems with high availability, implement redundancy, failover mechanisms, and use tools like Chaos Monkey to introduce faults.

Build real-world applications using concepts from cloud computing, advanced databases, data engineering, and web development.

Syllabus

What you'll learn

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