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EECS 485: Web Systems

The University of Michigan
Fall 2022

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, Fall 2022!

This Week

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DeOrio
In-person Lecture
Tue, Thu 10:30 in 1571 GGBL
Remote Lecture
Watch the videos any time, then discuss in office hours.
In-person Office Hours
Thu 1:30 - 3 in 2705 BBB
Remote Office Hours
Tue 1:30 - 3
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Almomani
In-person Lecture
Tue, Thu 4:30 in 1670 BBB
Tue, Thu 6:00 in 1670 BBB
Remote Office Hours
Tue, Thu 7:30 - 8:30
Project 1

Templated Static Site Generator

Due Sun Sep 11
Spec
FAQ
Autograder
Report a bug
Lab
In-person Lab
See calendar below
Remote Lab
One lab will be recorded
Staff Office Hours
In-person Office Hours
Mon and Thu, see calendar
Virtual Office Hours
Tue, Wed, and Fri, see calendar
Exam
Exam repository
Practice exams from past semesters
Extended time request
Send us your SSD documentation

All times are listed as Ann Arbor local time (ET)

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Tutorials

Start here
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
P2, P3, P5
SQLite

SQLite Tutorial
P2, P3, P5
Python/Flask

Dynamic pages
P2, P3
Amazon Web Services IaaS

Deploy with EC2
P3
REST API

Build a REST API with Python/Flask
P3
REST API Tools

curl, HTTPie
P3
React/JS

Toolchain, demo
P3
React/JS Debugging
P3
End-to-end testing

Headless Chrome
P4
Threads and sockets in Python
threading and socket
P4
Mocking in Python
Fake network messages with unittest.mock
P5
Hadoop Streaming
MapReduce programs written in Python

Schedule

All times are listed as Ann Arbor local time (ET)

Day Lecture Lab Deadline
Week 1
Aug 29 - Sep 2

L01 Introduction

L02 Static Pages

 Project 1 Intro
Week 2
Sep 5 - 9

L03 Server-side Dynamic Pages

L04 Sessions

 Python
Project 1 due Sun Sep 11 11:59pm
Week 3
Sep 12 - 16

L05 Encryption

L06 Web Security

 Project 2 Intro
Week 4
Sep 19 - 23

L07 REST APIs

L08 Client-side Dynamic Pages

 Databases
Project 2 due Sun Sep 25 11:59pm
Week 5
Sep 26 - 30

L09 Client-side Applications

L10 Asynchronous Programming

 Project 3 Intro and REST APIs
Week 6
Oct 3 - 7

L11 MapReduce

L12 Google File System

 Asynchronous Programming and React
Week 7
Oct 10 - 14

L13 OS and Parallelism

L14 Networking

 React Best Practices and Debugging
Project 3 due Sun Oct 16 11:59pm
Week 8
Oct 17 - 21

No class - Fall Study Break

No class

 No lab
Week 9
Oct 24 - 28

No class

No class

No lab
Midterm Tue Oct 25 7pm
Week 10
Oct 31 - Nov 4

L15 Text Analysis for Web Search

L16 Link Analysis for Web Search

 Project 4 Intro and MapReduce
Week 11
Nov 7 - 11

L17 Scaling Web Search

L18 Scaling Static Pages

 Multithreaded Debugging
Week 12
Nov 14 - 18

L19 Scaling Dynamic Pages

L20 Scaling Storage

 Project 5 Intro and MapReduce Pipelines
Project 4 due Tue Nov 15 11:59pm
Week 13
Nov 21 - 25

No class - Thanksgiving Break

No class - Thanksgiving Break

No lab
Week 14
Nov 28 - Dec 2

L21 Recommender Systems

L22 Ads and Auctions

 Inverted Index Servers
Week 15
Dec 5 - 9

L23 Blockchain

L24 Dark Web

 No Lab
Project 5 due Tue Dec 6 11:59pm
Final Exam
Final Mon
Dec 12 7pm

People

Reach us at eecs485staff@umich.edu

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Andrew DeOrio

awdeorio@umich.edu

andrewdeorio.com

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Raed Almomani

almomani@umich.edu