EECS 485

EECS 485: Web Systems

The University of Michigan

Winter 2023

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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

Project 4 is due Sunday, March 26 at 11:59pm. Start early!

See information about the spec release party here.

This Week

In-person Lecture

Tue, Thu 10:30 in 1060 FMCRB

Tue, Thu noon in 1060 FMCRB

Studio Recordings

Office Hours

Wed 3-4PM in BBB Lobby

E-mail for appointments about non-project concerns

In-person Lecture

Tue, Thu 4:30 in 1109 FXB

Tue, Thu 6:00 in 1109 FXB

Remote Office Hours

Tue, Thu 7:30 - 8:30

Due Sun Mar 26

Spec

Autograder

UNGRADED Autograder

Piazza FAQ

Report a bug

In-person Lab

See calendar below

Remote Lab

In-person Office Hours

Mon and Thu, see calendar

Tishman Hall in the BBB

Virtual Office Hours

Tue, Wed, and Fri, see calendar

Midterm Exam

Mon Feb 20, 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Final Exam

Thu Apr 20, 8:00am - 10:00am

Exam repository

Practice exams from past semesters

Extended time request

Send us your SSD documentation

python3 -m venv

pdb and pdb++

pytest

threading and socket

Fake network messages with unittest.mock

Schedule

Day	Lecture	Lab	Deadline
Week 1 Jan 4 - 6	L01 Introduction	Project 1 Intro
Week 2 Jan 9 - 13	L02 Static Pages L03 Server-side Dynamic Pages	Python	Project 1 due Sun Jan 15 11:59pm
Week 3 Jan 16 - 20	L04 Sessions L05 Encryption	Project 2 Intro
Week 4 Jan 23 - 27	L06 Web Security L07 REST APIs	Databases	Project 2 due Sun Jan 29 11:59pm
Week 5 Jan 30 - Feb 3	L08 Client-side Dynamic Pages L09 Client-side Applications	P3 Intro and Rest APIs
Week 6 Feb 6 - 10	L10 Asynchronous Programming L11 MapReduce	Asynchronous Programming and React
Week 7 Feb 13 - 17	L12 Google File System (last lecture on midterm) L13 OS and Parallelism	React Best Practices and Debugging	Project 3 due Sun Feb 19 11:59pm
Week 8 Feb 20 - 24	No class - Midterm No class - Midterm	No lab	Midterm Mon Feb 20 7pm
Week 9 Feb 27 - Mar 3	No class - Spring Break No class - Spring Break	No lab
Week 10 Mar 6 - 10	L14 Networking L15 Text Analysis for Web Search	Project 4 Intro and MapReduce
Week 11 Mar 13 - 17	L16 Link Analysis for Web Search No Lecture	Multithreaded Debugging
Week 12 Mar 20 - 24	L17 Scaling Search L18 Scaling Static Pages	No Lab	Project 4 due Sun Mar 26 11:59pm
Week 13 Mar 27 - 31	L19 Scaling Dynamic Pages L20 Scaling Storage	Project 5 Intro and MapReduce Pipelines
Week 14 Apr 3 - 7	L21 Recommender Systems L22 Ads and Auctions	Inverted Index Servers
Week 15 Apr 10 - 14	L23 Blockchain L24 Dark Web	No Lab	Project 5 due Sun Apr 16 11:59pm
Final Exam			Final Thur Apr 20 8am

Day

Lecture

Lab

Deadline

Week 1
Jan 4 - 6

L01 Introduction

Project 1 Intro

Week 2
Jan 9 - 13

L02 Static Pages

L03 Server-side Dynamic Pages

Python

Project 1 due Sun Jan 15 11:59pm

Week 3
Jan 16 - 20

L04 Sessions

L05 Encryption

Project 2 Intro

Week 4
Jan 23 - 27

L06 Web Security

L07 REST APIs

Databases

Project 2 due Sun Jan 29 11:59pm

Week 5
Jan 30 - Feb 3

L08 Client-side Dynamic Pages

L09 Client-side Applications

P3 Intro and Rest APIs

Week 6
Feb 6 - 10

L10 Asynchronous Programming

L11 MapReduce

Asynchronous Programming and React

Week 7
Feb 13 - 17

L12 Google File System (last lecture on midterm)

L13 OS and Parallelism

React Best Practices and Debugging

Project 3 due Sun Feb 19 11:59pm

Week 8
Feb 20 - 24

No class - Midterm

No lab

Midterm Mon Feb 20 7pm

Week 9
Feb 27 - Mar 3

No class - Spring Break

No lab

Week 10
Mar 6 - 10

L14 Networking

L15 Text Analysis for Web Search

Project 4 Intro and MapReduce

Week 11
Mar 13 - 17

L16 Link Analysis for Web Search

No Lecture

Multithreaded Debugging

Week 12
Mar 20 - 24

L17 Scaling Search

L18 Scaling Static Pages

No Lab

Project 4 due Sun Mar 26 11:59pm

Week 13
Mar 27 - 31

L19 Scaling Dynamic Pages

L20 Scaling Storage

Project 5 Intro and MapReduce Pipelines

Week 14
Apr 3 - 7

L21 Recommender Systems

L22 Ads and Auctions

Inverted Index Servers

Week 15
Apr 10 - 14

L23 Blockchain

L24 Dark Web

No Lab

Project 5 due Sun Apr 16 11:59pm

Final Exam

Final Thur
Apr 20 8am

People

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EECS 485: Web Systems

This Week

MapReduce

Projects and Tutorials

Schedule

People