CS 4288

Web-based System Architecture

3 credits · Undergraduate

Core concepts necessary to architect, build, test, and deploy complex web-based systems; analysis of key domain requirements in security, robustness, performance, and scalability. Prerequisite: CS 3251. FALL. [3]

Fall 2026, section 02 (Leach)

Topics

Dynamic web pages and sessions
Encryption and web security
REST APIs
JavaScript, asynchronous programming, React and closures
Networking, processes, threads and sockets
Google File System and MapReduce
Information and image retrieval
Machine learning and recommender systems
Auctions and ethics
Tor and the dark web

Readings

JavaScript: The Good Parts
Douglas Crockford · Optional; no required textbook
Flask Web Development: Developing Web Applications with Python
Miguel Grinberg · Optional; no required textbook

Sources

Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
Official course syllabus or instructor course website ↗Fall 2026, section 02 (Leach)
Current public example independently checked against named reading references. Applies to the stated offering/section.