Distributed Systems Design by Example

A sequel to Software Design by Example.

Learner Persona

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Syllabus

Introduction: what this training does and doesn't cover.
Discrete Event Simulator: to understand the tools we're going to use.
Task Manager: workflow as code.
Open Authentication: trust and identity.
The RAFT Consensus Protocol: theory becomes practice.
A Web Application Framework: with routers.
TCP: moving messages reliably.
A Fuzz Tester: to stress our code.
Conclusion: looking back and next steps.

Appendices

Acknowledgments

Greg Wilson is a programmer, author, and educator based in Toronto, Canada. He was the co-founder and first Executive Director of Software Carpentry and received ACM SIGSOFT's Influential Educator Award in 2020.

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