Engineering of server-side application layer | Faculty of Technical Sciences

Subject: Engineering of server-side application layer (17.SE239N)

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Software Engineering and Information Technologies (Year: 3, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Applied Computer Science and Informatics
ECTS	5

Introducing technologies and principles for implementation of server-side application part.

Student will be able to implement modern complex server-side architectures after they successfully pass this exam. Focus of the course will be to solve issues in distributed systems by using modern software frameworks and libraries.

Learning various server-side architectures. Different types of databases in distributed architectures. Technologies for exchanging messages between distributed systems. Paradigms and implementations of cloud-based applications. Using and managing technologies for application containers, Serverless computing, Function as a service (FaaS) Platform as a service (PaaS).

Teaching methods include: Lectures, computer practice, homework assignments, and consultations. During the lectures the content of the course is presented using the necessary didactic tools while student active participation is encouraged. The practical aspect of the course is covered at computer practice classes through assignments which students do independently or with the help of teaching assistants as well as through homework obligatory assignments. A student is expected to demonstrate the ability of independent task solving or understanding of the solution.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Francesco, P., Lago, P., Malavolta, I.	Architecting with microservices: A systematic mapping study	2019	Elsevier	English
Ruby, S., Richardson, L.	RESTful Web Services	2007	O`Reilly	English
Nascimento, A.S. et al.	Designing fault-tolerant SOA based on designdiversity, Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development	2014	Springer	English