EECS 485

EECS 485: Web Systems

The University of Michigan

Fall 2023

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

The final exam is Friday, December 8 at 7-9pm ET. Details about the location and policies can be found on Piazza. Final Exam Information
Office hours will be group format on Thu 12/7 and Fri 12/8.

This Week

Dec 8, 7pm

Room Assignments

Final Exam Review

Exam repository

Practice exams from past semesters

Slides and Demos

Recordings

In-person

Studio recordings

Flexible lecture policy

Schedule

Day	Lecture	Lab	Deadline
Week 1 Aug 28 - Sep 1	L01 Introduction L02 Static Pages	Project 1 Intro
Week 2 Sep 4 - 8	L03 Server-side Dynamic Pages L04 Sessions	Python	Project 1 due Sun Sep 10 11:59pm
Week 3 Sep 11 - 15	L05 Encryption L06 Web Security	Project 2 Intro
Week 4 Sep 18 - 22	L07 REST APIs L08 Client-side Dynamic Pages	Databases	Project 2 due Sun Sep 24 11:59pm
Week 5 Sep 25 - 29	L09 Client-side Applications L10 Asynchronous Programming	P3 Intro and Rest APIs
Week 6 Oct 2 - 6	L11 MapReduce L12 Google File System (last lecture on midterm)	Asynchronous Programming and React
Week 7 Oct 9 - 13	L13 OS and Parallelism L14 Networking	React Best Practices and Debugging	Project 3 due Sun Oct 15 11:59pm
Week 8 Oct 16 - 20	No lecture - Fall Break No lecture	No lab
Week 9 Oct 23 - 27	No lecture L15 Text Analysis for Web Search	No lab	Midterm Tue Oct 24 7pm
Week 10 Oct 30 - Nov 3	L16 Link Analysis for Web Search L17 Scaling Search	Project 4 Intro and MapReduce
Week 11 Nov 6 - 10	L18 Scaling Static Pages L19 Scaling Dynamic Pages	Multithreaded Debugging	Project 4 due Sun Nov 12 11:59pm
Week 12 Nov 13 - 17	L20 Scaling Storage L21 Recommender Systems	Project 5 Intro and MapReduce Pipelines
Week 13 Nov 20 - 24	L22 Ads and Auctions No lecture - Thanksgiving	No Lab
Week 14 Nov 27 - Dec 1	L23 Blockchain L24 Dark Web	Inverted Index Servers	Project 5 due Sun Dec 3 11:59pm
Week 15 Dec 4 - 8	No lecture	No lab	Final Fri Dec 8 7pm

Day

Lecture

Lab

Deadline

Week 1
Aug 28 - Sep 1

L01 Introduction

L02 Static Pages

Project 1 Intro

Week 2
Sep 4 - 8

L03 Server-side Dynamic Pages

L04 Sessions

Python