Cloud Architecture (Spring 2022)

Topic: Course introduction and Introduction to cloud architecture

Topic: Introduction to cloud architecture (continued)

In-class activity: Creating your first instance
(activity | deck)

Required viewing

• AWS Academy Module 1: Cloud Concepts Overview (all videos)

Set up Amazon AWS account before the start of class.

AWS Academy: Module 1 Knowledge Check

Topic: Virtual Networks and the Internet – Part 1

Required viewing

• AWS Academy Module 3: AWS Global Infrastructure Overview (all videos)
• AWS Academy Module 5: Networking and Content Delivery (only Introduction through VPC Networking)

Required reading

• Project overview document

Review the Semester Project Overview Document

AWS Academy: Module 3 Knowledge Check

In-class activity: Creating a VPC (activity | deck)

Topic: Virtual Networks and the Internet – Part 2

Required viewing

• AWS Academy Module 5: Networking and Content Delivery (only VPC Security through Wrap Up)

In-class activity: Securing a VPC (activity | deck)

Topic: Instances and the Software Stack

Required viewing

• AWS Academy Module 6: Compute

In-class activity: Creating your own AMI (activity | deck)

Topic: The well-architected framework: Load balancing, redundancy and auto-scaling

Required viewing

• AWS Academy Module 9: Cloud Architecture
• AWS Academy Module 10: Auto Scaling and Monitoring

AWS Academy: Module 9 Knowledge Check

AWS Academy: Module 10 Knowledge Check

In-class activity: The well-architected framework: Load balancing, redundancy, and auto-scaling (activity | deck)

Topic: Cloud storage, Elastic Block Storage (EBS) and Simple Storage Service (S3)

Required viewing

• AWS Academy Module 7: Storage

AWS Academy: Module 7 Knowledge Check

In-class activity: Elastic Block Store (EBS) (activity | deck)

Topic: Cloud Storage, Relational Database Services (RDS) and DynamoDB

Required viewing

• AWS Academy Module 8: Databases

AWS Academy: Module 8 Knowledge Check

In-class activity: Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) (activity | deck)

Additional files: Create_Tables.sql | Create_GuessANumber_Tables.sql | Create_HelloWorld_Tables.sql

SPRING BREAK

Midterm Exam Review

Guest Speaker: Noah Mercado, Google

EXAM #1 – MIDTERM EXAM

Topic: Introduction to Node.js (Name.js | Numbers.js)

Required viewing for Windows users

• Introduction to the command prompt
• Listing files and directories
• Opening files and history
• Creating and removing directories

Required viewing for Mac users

• Navigating your file system
• Creating, copy, move, rename, and delete files and directories

In-class activity: Introduction to Node.js
(deck | starter files (zip) | answers (zip))

Instructions:

• Download the zip file with the starter code.
• Unzip the files to a folder on your hard drive.
• Complete the code for each of the six programs.
• Change each file name extension from .js to .jsx
• Email all the files to me as attachments in a single email with the subject “MIS3406 JS ICA” by the end of class.

Topic: RESTful APIs with Node.js
(HelloWorld1.html | HelloWorld1.js)

In-class activity: RESTful APIs with Node.js
(deck | activity | HelloWorld1.html | HelloWorld1.js)

Topic: Building out an API – Taking parameters
(HelloWorld2.html | HelloWorld2.js)

In-class activity: Building out an API – Taking parameters
(deck | activity | if needed: GuessANumber1.html | GuessANumber1.js)

Topic: Building out an API – Retrieving data from an RDS instance
(HelloWorld3.html | HelloWorld3.js | Create_HelloWorld_Tables.sql)

In-class activity: Building out an API – Retrieving data from an RDS instance
(deck | activity | if needed: GuessANumber2.html | GuessANumber2.js)

Topic: Deploying cloud software – instance-based
(HelloWorld4.html | HelloWorld4.js)

In-class activity: Deploying cloud software – instance-based
(deck | activity | if needed: GuessANumber3.html | GuessANumber3.js)
Deck includes tips for part 4 of the project!

Topic: Deploying cloud software – application-based
(HelloWorld5.html | HelloWorld5.js | package.json | cron.yaml)

In-class activity: Deploying cloud software – application-based
(deck | activity | if needed: GuessANumber4.html | GuessANumber4.js)

Project – Part 4: Instructions | answer sheet
NOW DUE: 4/26 at 11:59pm

PRO Points Assignment: Instructions
NOW DUE: 4/26 at 11:59pm

FINAL EXAM REVIEW SESSION
3:30-5:00 PM 
Attendance is optional. Come prepared with questions.

EXAM #2 – FINAL EXAM (10:30-12:30)