The course introduces learners to the principles of building scalable web applications, focusing on recent advances in both client- and server-side development as well as on platforms and hosting solutions. Architectural patterns and their fit and need for different types of web applications are also considered.
Course Overview
The course is now available online.
- Project 1 implements an API server with simple performance testings
- Project 2 builds a web application with an analysis of the performance from the perspective of both the back-end and the front-end
- Project 3 creates a Kubernetes-based application that has auto-scaling capability, along with performance metrics under heavy load over time