Syllabus

Title
0064 Information System Engineering for Scalable Systems
Instructors
Univ.Prof. Dr. Gustaf Neumann
Contact details
Type
PI
Weekly hours
2
Language of instruction
Englisch
Registration
09/01/21 to 09/30/21
Registration via LPIS
Notes to the course
The subject "Course II - Information Systems Engineering" will be held in the wintersemester 2021/22 for the last time!
Dates
Day Date Time Room
Wednesday 11/03/21 03:00 PM - 07:00 PM D2.0.030
Wednesday 11/10/21 03:00 PM - 07:00 PM D2.0.030
Wednesday 11/17/21 03:00 PM - 07:00 PM D2.0.030
Wednesday 11/24/21 03:00 PM - 07:00 PM Online-Einheit
Wednesday 12/01/21 03:00 PM - 07:00 PM Online-Einheit
Wednesday 12/15/21 03:00 PM - 07:00 PM Online-Einheit
Wednesday 01/12/22 03:00 PM - 07:00 PM D2.0.030
Wednesday 01/19/22 03:00 PM - 07:00 PM D2.0.030
Contents

Topics:

  • Evolution, IS as Socio-technical Systems, (web) Application Architecture vs. Platform Architecture, Scalable Web Server Architectures, Web Development Basics, Dynamic Web Content, Separation of Concerns, Templating. State Management, Web Client Applications, Scalable Data Management for Web Based Information Systems

Schedule

  • Session 1: Preliminaries
    • Development of Socio-technical Systems
    • From Software Evolution (Systems Development View) to Secondary Design
       
  • Session 2: Distributed, Evolutional Information Systems
    • Web Application Frameworks
    • Dynamic Software Evolution
       
  • Session 3: Anatomy of Large Scale Internet Systems
    • Student Presentations of selected Systems (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, …)
    • Architectures for scalable Web (Server) Systems, NaviServer
       
  • Session 4: Scalable Web Applications
    • User Interaction Patterns, Applications vs. Frameworks, Templating
       
  • Session 5: Web Applications with Scalable Data
    • Interaction Browser/Server, AJAX, Single Page Applications, Service Worker
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  • Session 6: Web Applications with Scalable Data
    • SQL/NoSQL, Storage architectures, Consistency, MongoDB
       
  • Exam or Project
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, every student will be able to develop a scalable Web Based Information System based on the provided technology selection (e.g.social software like stackoverflow.com or business advisor.com)
Attendance requirements

Attendance in class is mandatory, students have to attend at least 80% of the time. The logs video-conferencing tools will be used to determine attendance.

Teaching/learning method(s)

The course addresses offers high-level design concepts as well as practical skills based on a provided technology selection (Bootstrap, Next Scripting Framework, NaviServer, MongoDB).

  • Topic lectures given by course instructor
  • In course exercises
  • One assignment per student
  • Final exam
Assessment
  • Assignments: 40 credits (10+10+10+10)
  • Final exam/project: 60 credits
  • A positive grading requires a student to obtain at least 50% of the obtainable credits
Recommended previous knowledge and skills
  • Course: Information Systems Development (Arcitectures, Devlopement processes)
  • Course: Distributed Systems (including Networking, TCP/IP, HTTP)
  • Course: Dynamic Programming Techniques (scripting)
  • Ability to install Linux on your notebook.
! Important information !

The Covid19 pandemic causes several uncertainties for the upcoming winter semester starting on October 5th. If possible within the valid health regulations, the Information Systems program plans to fully return to the usual mode of classroom teaching with mandatory attendance. Nonetheless, an additional “plan B”-scenario for distance and/or hybrid teaching will be prepared for every class, which can be enabled if needed.

The program management will reevaluate the situation in September and decides then whether the classes will indeed start in the usual mode or in an alternative scenario. This decision will be announced in the syllabus until September 25 [for the classes starting in the mid of the semester until November 13].

We’re aware that the issue of visa is currently delayed and we’ll include this matter into our considerations. Should you be affected by such a delay, please inform us as soon as possible via master-is@wu.ac.at.

Last edited: 2021-05-26



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