Course details
Distributed Application Environment
PDI Acad. year 2006/2007 Winter semester 5 credits
Common characteristics of distributed environments. Types of distributed environments. Design and model of distributed applications. Distributed operating and file systems. Distributed database systems. Technology JSP, J2EE, JavaBeans, EJB, RPC, XML-RPC, SOAP, IIOP. Web services. Technology CORBA, COM, DCOM. Use of XML in distributed environments. Security in distributed applications.
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Time span
- 39 hrs lectures
- 5 hrs pc labs
- 8 hrs projects
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Subject specific learning outcomes and competences
The stundent will acquaint yourself with concepts and principles of distributed environments, with design and implementation of applications for distributed environments and security aspects in distributed environments.
Learning objectives
The aim is to understand principles and design of applications for distributed environment, obtain overview of modern distributed environments and ability of usage application interface for various programming environments.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
There are no prerequisites
Fundamental literature
- Kshemkalyani, Singhal: Distributed Computing, Cambridge Press, 2008.
Syllabus of lectures
- Common characteristics of distributed environments
- Types of distributed environments
- Design and model of distributed applications
- Distributed operating and file systems
- Distributed database systems
- JSP, J2EE, JavaBeans, EJB
- RPC, XML-RPC, SOAP, IIOP
- Web services
- CORBA, Real-time CORBA
- COM, DCOM
- Boewulf, OpenMOSIX
- XML usage in distributed environments
- Security in distributed applications
Progress assessment
Study evaluation is based on marks obtained for specified items. Minimimum number of marks to pass is 50.
Controlled instruction
Requirements specification and design of project, project elaboration, mid-term exam.