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

Sponsored by PKO BP

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
3.5

(73 reviews)

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 (79 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: Software Architecture
Category: DevOps
Category: Software Engineering
Category: Site Reliability Engineering
Category: Test Driven Development (TDD)
Category: Cloud-Native Computing
Category: Software Design
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Microservices
Category: Application Development
Category: Data Architecture
Category: Distributed Computing
Category: Database Architecture and Administration
Category: Software Development
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: Cloud Development
Category: Databases
Category: Software Quality Assurance
Category: Cloud Engineering
Category: Information Technology Architecture

Software Architecture Patterns for Big Data

Course 225 hours3.7 (26 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: Scalability
Category: Performance Testing
Category: Software Systems
Category: Systems Design
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Testability
Category: Software Testing
Category: Distributed Computing
Category: Software Quality Assurance
Category: Software Engineering
Category: Computer Science
Category: Software Architecture
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Business Analytics
Category: Predictive Analytics
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Predictive Modeling
Category: Application Performance Management
Category: Systems Engineering
Category: Advanced Analytics

Applications of Software Architecture for Big Data

Course 316 hours3.4 (16 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: Data Access
Category: Continuous Delivery
Category: Scalability
Category: Systems Engineering
Category: Data Infrastructure
Category: Systems Development Life Cycle
Category: Data Architecture
Category: Continuous Deployment
Category: Software Architecture
Category: Software Engineering
Category: System Design and Implementation
Category: Application Development
Category: Software Systems
Category: Engineering Software
Category: Systems Design
Category: Software Development
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: Application Lifecycle Management
Category: Software Development Life Cycle
Category: Release Management

Instructors

Tyson Gern
University of Colorado Boulder
3 Courses9,616 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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