Cloud Architecture

Lectures

All Lecture Slide Decks – Professor Mercado’s Class
All Lecture Slide Decks – Professor Feinman’s Class

ICA Materials

All ICA Materials – Professor Mercado’s Class
All ICA Materials – Professor Feinman’s Class

DATE	TOPIC	DUE
1/16	Topics 1. Course Introduction Slide Deck
1/18	In-Class Activity 1. Course Introduction – ICA – Creating Your First Instance Based Web Server AWS Academy Cloud Foundations Introduction Module Module 1 – Cloud Concepts Overview Introduction to Cloud Computing Advantages of the Cloud Introduction to AWS Code and data files needed for this unit can be found here	All students must set up their Amazon Free Tier account before the start of class. AWS Academy: Cloud Foundations: Module 1
1/23	Topic 2. Cloud native applications AWS Academy Cloud Foundations Module 3 – AWS Global Infrastructure Overview AWS Services & Service Categories Module 7 – Storage AWS S3 AWS Academy Cloud Developing Module 3: Developing Storage Solutions Introducing Amazon S3 Creating S3 buckets Slide Deck	AWS Academy: Cloud Foundations: Modules 3 & 7 Cloud Developing: Module 3
1/25	In-Class Activity 2. Cloud-Native Applications – ICA – Serving Web Pages with CloudFront Content Delivery Network (CDN) Code and data files needed for this unit can be found here	ICA 1 Answer Sheet (before start of class)
1/30	Topic 3. Networks and the AWS Platform AWS Academy Cloud Foundations Module 5 – Networking and Content Delivery Networking Basics Amazon VPC VPC Security CloudFront Slide Deck	AWS Academy: Cloud Foundations: Module 5
2/1	In-Class Activity 3. Networks and the AWS Platform – ICA – Creating and Securing a VPC	ICA 2 Answer Sheet (before start of class)
2/6	Topic 4. Well-Architected Framework AWS Academy Cloud Foundations Module 9 – Cloud Architecture AWS Well-Architected Framework Design Principles Operational Excellence Security Reliability Performance Efficiency Cost Optimization Reliability & High Availability Slide Deck	AWS Academy: Cloud Foundations: Module 9
2/8	In-Class Activity 4. Well-Architected Framework – ICA – Cloud Native Design Exercise	ICA 3 Answer Sheet (before start of class)
2/13	Topic 5. Storage in the Cloud (RDS&DDB) AWS Academy Cloud Foundations Module 8 – Databases Amazon RDS Amazon DynamoDB AWS Academy Cloud Developing Module 5: Developing Flexible NoSQL Solutions Key concepts for DynamoDB Code and data files needed for this unit can be found here Slide Deck	AWS Academy: Cloud Foundations: Module 8 Cloud Developing: Module 5
2/15	In-Class Activity 5a. Storage in the Cloud (RDS&DDB) – ICA – RDS 5b. Storage in the Cloud (RDS&DDB) – ICA – DynamoDB Code and data files needed for this unit can be found here	ICA 4 Answer Sheet (before start of class)
2/20	Topic 6. Introduction to Node.js AWS Academy Cloud Foundations Module 6 – Compute Introduction to AWS Lambda AWS Academy Cloud Developing Module 7: Developing Event-Driven Serverless Solutions Introducing Serverless Computing Introducing Lambda Slide Deck	AWS Academy: Cloud Foundations: Module 6 Cloud Developing: Module 7
2/22	Topic Exam Prep	ICA 5a & 5b Answer Sheets (before start of class)
2/27	Topic Exam #1 – Only units 1-5	Project Part 1 (due at 11:59 PM)
2/29	In-Class Activity 6. Introduction to Node.js – ICA – Node.js-Lambda
3/12	Topic 7. Consuming APIs Download files needed for class and next ICA here Slide Deck
3/14	In-Class Activity 7. Consuming APIs – ICA Here is a helpful tool: JSON Selector Generator	ICA 6 Answer Sheet (before start of class)
3/19	Topic 8. RESTful APIs with Node.js AWS Academy Cloud Developing Module 6: Developing REST APIs Introducing APIs Part 1: Introducing API Gateway Code and data files needed for this unit can be found here Slide Deck	Programming Assignment 1 – Lambda Functions – (before start of class) AWS Academy: Cloud Developing: Module 6
3/21	In-Class Activity 8. RESTful APIs with Node.js – ICA – GuessANumber1 Code and data files needed for this unit can be found here	ICA 7 Answer Sheet (before start of class)
3/26	Topic 9. Building an API – Taking Parameters Slide Deck Code and data files needed for this unit can be found here
3/28	In-Class Activity 9. Building out an API – Taking Parameters – ICA – GuessANumber2	ICA 8 Answer Sheet (before start of class)
4/2	Topic 10. Building an API – Consuming RDS data Slide Deck Code and data files needed for this unit can be found here
4/4	In-Class Activity 10. Building out an API – Consuming RDS Data – ICA – GuessANumber3	ICA 9 Answer Sheet (before start of class)
4/9	Topic 11. Building an API – Consuming DynamoDB data AWS Academy Cloud Developing Module 4: Securing Access to Cloud Resources Introducing IAM Slide Deck	Programming Assignment 2 – APIs AWS Academy: Cloud Developing: Module 4
4/11	In-Class Activity 11. Building out an API – Consuming DynamoDB Data – ICA – GuessANumber4 AWS Academy Cloud Developing Module 5: Developing Flexible NoSQL Solutions Read/write throughput	ICA 10 Answer Sheet (before start of class)
4/16	Topic 12. Building Out an API: APIs Consuming APIs Slide Deck Code and data files needed for this unit can be found here	Project Part 2 (before start of class)
4/18	Topic Exam #2 Review	ICA 11 Answer Sheet (before start of class)
4/23	Topic Exam #2 – Only units 6-12
4/25	In-Class Activity 12. Building Out an API: APIs Consuming APIs	Project Part 3 (before start of class)
4/29		ICA 12 Answer Sheet (before start of class)