CS213
Web Application Development
Faculty
Andrey Martynenko
Software Engineer at Google
Course length
Duration
Total hours
Credits
Language
Course type
Fee for single course
Fee for degree students
Skills you’ll learn
Overview
The course gives a comprehensive overview of modern web development practices and technologies. Topics covered include both frontend development and backend development, as well as many related concepts.
Students will learn about JavaScript and modern frontend frameworks, databases and data systems, networking, security, performance, system design, and scalability in web applications.
The course tries to focus on fundamental concepts and technologies rather than a particular language or framework. Though, on the server-side, Java/Kotlin and Spring Framework are used for code samples and exercises.
Learning highlights
- Learn to develop single-page frontend applications
- Learn to build backend applications
- Learn about system design and scalability
- Learn how to secure, test and deploy web applications
Course outline
15 classes
Session 1
Course introduction. Modern web ecosystem.
Session 2
HTML and CSS introduction.
Session 3
Web servers. Networking: HTTP, HTTPS.
Tools for network analysis.
Session 4
JavaScript language and the ecosystem around it.
Session 5
Running JavaScript in the browser.
Asynchronous events, event-loop. Browser APIs.
Client-server communication.
Session 6
From jQuery to modern frontend frameworks: React, Vue, Angular.
Frontend application architectures.
Session 7
Databases: data models and query languages. Relational databases and SQL.
NoSQL databases. Designing database schema. ORM frameworks.
Session 8
Databases: storage and retrieval. Data structures and indexes.
Transaction processing vs. analytics. Concurrency and transactions.
Session 9
Communication between applications and dataflows.
Data encoding formats. REST and RPC. Designing and documenting application API.
Session 10
Authentication and authorization.
Approaches and implementations.
Session 11
Testing web applications.
Session 12
Web application security: threats, vulnerabilities, and how to protect against them.
Session 13
Designing web applications: load balancing, caches, replication and partitioning, message queues.
Distributed systems. Scalability. Analyzing and optimizing web application performance.
Session 14
Modern infrastructures for deploying and running web applications.
Containers, microservices, Kubernetes, and cloud.
Session 15
Projects presentation. Final exam.
Discussion of extra topics.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of: Java/Kotlin, Databases and SQL.
Methodology
In-class lesson:
Quiz on the materials of previous lectures.
The lecture part, which usually takes about 1 hour and covers the theory on the topic.
The seminar part, which includes discussions of examples, work on projects and assignments.
Homework:
Work on projects of choice. The goal is to choose any project (e.g., e-commerce application, social networking service, etc.) and build it gradually over the course.
Work on assignments. Assignments may vary depending on the topic. The goal is to get students more familiar with the technologies discussed in the lecture.
Grading
Graduated with a master’s degree in applied physics and mathematics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Has started his career as a frontend developer and then gradually switched to full-stack and backend development
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Web Application Development
by Andrey Martynenko
Total hours
45 Hours
Dates
Jul 12 - Jul 30, 2021
Fee for single course
€1500
Fee for degree students
€750
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FAQ
Will I receive a certificate after completion?
Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.
Do I need a visa?
This depends on your case. Please check with the Spanish or Thai consulate in your country of residence about visa requirements. We will do our part to provide you with the necessary documents, such as the Certificate of Enrollment.
Can I get a discount?
Yes. The easiest way to enroll in a course at a discounted price is to register for multiple courses. Registering for multiple courses will reduce the cost per individual course. Please ask the Admissions Office for more information about the other kinds of discounts we offer and what you can do to receive one.