EECS 485

EECS 485: Web Systems

The University of Michigan

Winter 2025

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

We're so glad you're here! For those adding the course:

Take a look at our policy on Project 1 extensions for those adding the course late.
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Add the exams to your calendar: Feb 24, 7pm; Apr 28, 8am

If you're looking for a project group, please fill out the Project Group Formation Survey by Saturday, Janurary 18th at 11:59pm EST. We plan to send out groups by email early next week.

This Week

Due Sun, Jan 19

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Flexible lecture policy

Schedule

Day	Lecture	Lab	Deadline
Week 1 Jan 8 - 10	L01 Introduction	Project 1 Intro
Week 2 Jan 13 - 17	L02 Static Pages L03 Server-side Dynamic Pages	Python	Project 1 due Sun Jan 19 11:59pm
Week 3 Jan 20 - 24	L04 Sessions L05 Encryption	Project 2 Intro and Databases
Week 4 Jan 27 - 31	L06 Web Security L07 REST APIs	Flask and Sessions	Project 2 due Sun Feb 2 11:59pm
Week 5 Feb 3 - 7	L08 Client-side Dynamic Pages L09 Client-side Applications	P3 Intro and Rest APIs
Week 6 Feb 10 - 14	L10 Asynchronous Programming L11 MapReduce	Asynchronous Programming and React	Project 3 due Sun Feb 16 11:59pm
Week 7 Feb 17 - 21	L12 Google File System (last lecture on midterm) No lecture	TBD
Week 8 Feb 24 - 28	No lecture	No lab	Midterm Mon Feb 24 7pm
Mar 3 - 7	Spring break
Week 9 Mar 10 - 14	L13 OS and Parallelism L14 Networking	Project 4 Intro and MapReduce
Week 10 Mar 17 - 21	L15 Text Analysis for Web Search L16 Link Analysis for Web Search	Multithreaded Debugging
Week 11 Mar 24 - 28	L17 Scaling Search L18 Scaling Static Pages	In-lab office hours	Project 4 due Sun Mar 30 11:59pm
Week 12 Mar 31 - Apr 4	L19 Scaling Dynamic Pages L20 Scaling Storage	Project 5 Intro and MapReduce Pipelines
Week 13 Apr 7 - 11	L21 Recommender Systems L22 Ads and Auctions	Inverted Index Servers
Week 14 Apr 14 - 18	L23 Blockchain L24 Dark Web	TBD	Project 5 due Sun Apr 20 11:59pm
Week 15 Apr 21 - 22	No lecture	No lab
Exam Week			Final Mon Apr 28 8am

Day

Lecture

Lab

Deadline

Week 1
Jan 8 - 10

L01 Introduction

Project 1 Intro

Week 2
Jan 13 - 17

L02 Static Pages

L03 Server-side Dynamic Pages

Python

Project 1 due Sun Jan 19 11:59pm