University of Colorado Boulder
Software Architecture for Big Data Specialization
University of Colorado Boulder

Software Architecture for Big Data Specialization

Big Data Meets Software Engineering. Learn the principles of building and architecting large systems with big data

Tyson Gern
Mike Barinek

Instructors: Tyson Gern

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3.5

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Advanced level

Recommended experience

2 months
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Practice software engineering fundamentals; test first development, refactoring, continuous integration, and continuous delivery.

  • Architect and create a big data or distributed system using rest collaboration, event collaboration, and batch processing.

  • Create4 a performant, scalable distributed system that handles big data.

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Specialization - 3 course series

Fundamentals of Software Architecture for Big Data

Course 120 hours3.5 (81 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Practice software engineering fundamentals; test first development, refactoring, continuous integration, and continuous delivery.

  • Architect and create a big data or distributed system using rest collaboration, event collaboration, and batch processing.

  • Create a performant, scalable distributed system that handles big data.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Distributed Computing
Category: Software Architecture
Category: Blockchain
Category: Service Level
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Software Engineering
Category: Transaction Processing
Category: Test Driven Development (TDD)
Category: Software Design
Category: Data Architecture
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Maintainability
Category: Database Systems
Category: Data Structures

Software Architecture Patterns for Big Data

Course 225 hours3.7 (27 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Compare, measure, and test big data models for production use.

  • Write custom performance tests to measure the characteristics of a distributed system.

  • Use queues to horizontally distribute large workloads.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Software Architecture
Category: Unit Testing
Category: Database Architecture and Administration
Category: Scalability
Category: Performance Testing
Category: Distributed Computing
Category: Test Automation
Category: Application Performance Management
Category: Predictive Modeling
Category: Data Architecture

Applications of Software Architecture for Big Data

Course 316 hours3.5 (17 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Practice software engineering fundamentals; test first development, refactoring, continuous integration, and continuous delivery.

  • Architect and create a big data or distributed system using rest collaboration, event collaboration, and batch processing.

  • Create a performant, scalable distributed system that handles big data.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Continuous Integration
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Continuous Delivery
Category: User Story
Category: Functional Requirement
Category: Software Engineering
Category: Acceptance Testing
Category: Software Testing
Category: Systems Architecture
Category: Databases
Category: Data Architecture
Category: Prototyping
Category: Data Management
Category: Requirements Elicitation
Category: System Design and Implementation
Category: Application Development
Category: Web Applications
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Software Architecture
Category: Scalability

Instructors

Tyson Gern
University of Colorado Boulder
3 Courses9,982 learners

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This Specialization is part of the following degree program(s) offered by University of Colorado Boulder. If you are admitted and enroll, your completed coursework may count toward your degree learning and your progress can transfer with you.¹

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