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EECS 485: Web Systems

The University of Michigan
Spring 2024

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 Spring 2024!

We're glad you're here! A few announcements:

  • You can choose to participate in the class either in-person or completely remotely. All lectures and labs will be recorded, and exams will be online.
  • Links to recordings are still being set up. These will be posted as soon as they are available.
  • There will not be alternate exam times given, so double-check that you will be available during the posted midterm and final exam times.
  • All times listed are in Ann Arbor's time zone.
  • More details are in the syllabus.

Course Info

Lecture
Lecture (in-person and recorded)
Tue, Thu 2-5pm in 3150 DOW
Lab
Lab (in-person and recorded)
Wed 3-5pm in 3150 DOW
Office Hours
All office hours will be held over Zoom.
Staff Office Hours
See calendar below
Professor Office Hours
Wed noon-2pm (sign up)
Exams

Exams will be held online on Gradescope.

Midterm Exam
Tuesday, June 4 8-10pm
Final Exam
Wednesday June 26 8-10pm
Exam repository
Practice exams from past semesters
Extended time request
Send us your SSD documentation

Schedule

All times listed are in Ann Arbor's time zone.
Day Lecture Lab Deadline
Week 1
May 6-10

L01: Introduction to EECS 485, Static Pages

L02: Server-Side Dynamic Pages, Sessions

 Project 1 Intro, Python
Week 2
May 13 - 17

L03: Encryption, Web Security

L04: REST APIs, Client-Side Dynamic Pages

 Project 2 Intro, Databases
Project 1 due Fri May 17 11:59pm
Week 3
May 20 - 24

L05: Client-Side Applications, Asynchronous Programming

L06: MapReduce, Google File System

 Project 3 Intro, REST APIs
Project 2 due Fri May 24 11:59pm
Week 4
May 27 - 31

L07: Operating Systems and Parallelism, Networking

No Thursday lecture

 Asynchronous Debugging, React Best Practices
Project 3 due Fri May 31 11:59pm
Week 5
June 3 - 7

No Tuesday lecture

L8: Text Analysis for Web Search, Link Analysis for Web Search

 Project 4 Intro and MapReduce, Multithreaded Debugging
Midterm Exam Tuesday, June 4 8-10pm (online)
Week 6
June 10 - 14

L9: Scaling Search, Scaling Static Pages

L10: Scaling Dynamic Pages, Scaling Storage

 Project 5 Intro, MapReduce Pipelines
Project 4 due Fri June 14 11:59pm
Week 7
June 17 - 21

L11: Recommender Systems, Ads and Auctions

L12: Blockchain, Dark Web

 No Lab (Juneteenth)
Project 5 due Fri June 21 11:59pm
Week 8
June 19 - 23

No Lectures

 No Lab
Final Exam Wednesday June 26 8-10pm (online)

Projects and Tutorials

Quick Links
Python virtual environment

python3 -m venv
Python debugger

pdb and pdb++
Browser, OS, and CLI tools
Browser Tools

Web dev features in popular web browsers
Set up Mac OS

Install web dev tools on your operating system (Mac OS)
Set up Windows

Install web dev tools on your operating system (Windows or Linux)
Version Control

git and GitHub
Shell scripting

Command line automation
Python
Python virtual environment

python3 -m venv
Python debugger

pdb and pdb++
Python testing

pytest

People

Reach us at eecs485staff@umich.edu

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John Kloosterman

jklooste@umich.edu

jkloosterman.net

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Ellen Ai

ellenai@umich.edu