Course overview
This course will equip students with practical skills and knowledge to build scalable, reliable and robust software systems. Students will learn about scalable architectures, database scaling, architecture design patterns and load testing methods.
Course learning outcomes
- Evaluate different architectures for scalability, considering their strengths and weaknesses in meeting varying workload demands
- Analyse design patterns and optimisation techniques for building large software systems that can scale effectively
- Apply database scaling, including sharding, replication, and partitioning to real world scenarios
- Select appropriate caching strategies based on workload characteristics and their role in improving scalability
- Evaluate techniques for load testing large-scale systems
- Apply approaches for building fault-tolerant systems, including redundancy, error handling, and graceful degradation