Cloud Infrastructure and Scalable Application Deployment

Catalog description

Trying to launch your next viral programming project and anticipating substantial user growth? This course will help you learn to implement your ideas in the cloud in a scalable, cost-effective manner. Topics will include cloud AI/ML pipelines, virtual machines, containers, basic networking, expressing infrastructure as code (IaC), data management, security and observability, and continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD). Through hands-on learning and practical examples, you'll learn to effectively deploy and manage cloud infrastructure. There is no out-of-pocket cost associated with this class and cloud credits will be provided for all students. Prerequisites: Programming maturity up to CS 107. Familiarity with the command line, version control, and basic development tools to the level of CS 45/CS 104, in particular: Basic Unix command line utilities and administration; Editing code with a TUI editor such as vim, emacs, or nano; Using Git and GitHub for collaborative projects (i.e. branching and pull requests); Basic familiarity with package managers for languages and operating systems (e.g., pip, apt, homebrew); Prior web development or networking experience helpful but not required.