Week 3 - Software Architecture, HTTP, and REST

Learning Objectives:

In this week of the course, you will learn

• What software architecture is, and some major classes of software architecture
• How the HTTP protocol works
• The principles of RESTful design
• How to build a REST server using express.js

Important Dates:

• HW1 Due Feb 5 by 10pm

Lessons:

• 3.1: Software Architecture

  • Video
  • Slides
  • PDF

• 3.2: HTTP Basics

  • Video
  • Slides
  • PDF

• 3.3: REST Protocols

  • Video
  • Slides
  • PDF

• 3.4: Building a REST Server

  • Video
  • Slides
  • PDF

Resources

• Example 3.1 Transcript Server
• In class slides from Prof Bell’s section (Monday): PDF, PPT, Keynote
  • See also: Twitter Blog post from 2010 explaining architecture woes, Blog post explainer of GFS, Interview with Sean Quinlan discussing Google’s work arounds to keep GFS working despite its architectural problems, Parler data leak this January was partially due to sequentially generated IDs
• In class slides from Prof Bell’s section (Thursday): PDF, PPT, Keynote

Additional Readings: