This course is part of the Software Design and Architecture Specialization

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Software Design and Architecture SpecializationUniversity of Alberta

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Based on an understanding of architectural styles, you will review architectures for web applications, then explore the basics of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) in two approaches: Web Services (WS*) and Representational State Transfer (REST) architecture. 
In the Capstone Project you will connect a Java-based Android application with Elasticsearch, a web service with a REST application programmer interface (API).

After completing this course, you will be able to: 
• Describe SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) to structure web-based systems.
• Explain WS* services (i.e., SOAP over HTTP, WSDL, UDDI, BPEL).	
• Apply REST architecture (i.e., JSON over HTTP, URI).	
• Identify REST design principles.	
• Create a system using REST interfaces.	
• Apply microservice architecture.

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Intermediate Level

Approx. 9 hours to complete

English

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Skills you will gain

Web Service
Microservices
Representational State Transfer (REST)
Service-Oriented Architecture

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Course 4 of 4 in the

Software Design and Architecture Specialization

Intermediate Level

Approx. 9 hours to complete

English

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Kenny Wong

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Computing Science, Faculty of Science

351,572 Learners

12 Courses

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University of Alberta

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week1

Week 1

3 hours to complete

Web Technologies

3 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 79 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz

9 videos

4.1.1 – Introduction to Service-Oriented Architecture13m4.1.2 – Service Principles3m4.1.3 - Web Systems Evolution8m4.1.4 – Web Systems Architecture5m4.1.5 – HTML / XML / JSON5m4.1.6 – HTTP12m4.1.7 – JavaScript4m4.1.8 – Remote Procedure Call (RPC)14m4.1.9 – Object Brokers12m

5 readings

Meet Your Presenter – Sam Jeffrey10mMeet Your Facilitators10mDiscussion: Introduce Yourself10mService-Oriented Architecture Course Notes10mService-Oriented Architecture Glossary10m

1 practice exercise

Module 1 Review30m

Week2

Week 2

3 hours to complete

Web Services

3 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 36 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes

5 videos

4.2.1 – Introduction to Web Services8m4.2.2 – Service Invocation (SOAP)6m4.2.3 – Service Description (WSDL)7m4.2.4 – Service Publication and Discovery (UDDI)8m4.2.5 – Service Composition (BPEL)5m

3 readings

Discussion: Experience with Internal Web Services10mPeer Review Request Forum10mCapstone Assignment 4.1 - Determine the app's information needs10m

1 practice exercise

Module 2 Review30m

Week3

Week 3

2 hours to complete

REST Architecture for SOA

2 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 29 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

Week4

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Capstone Challenge

2 hours to complete

3 readings

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TOP REVIEWS FROM SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE

by HHAug 3, 2019

Amazing explanation and examples to help understand each concept. Really glad to enroll in this course. I am more knowledgable now than I was.

Thank you so much for building this beautiful course.

by AAMar 21, 2021

The Course Videos are really nice and the course quizes are also good . One can apply REST architecture after doing this course

by MPDec 20, 2017

good course, however I think it has too much focus on very old technologies (CORBA, SOAP), and not enough focus on more recent technologies (REST).

by ANAug 24, 2020

Excellent content, useful for all software developers to upskill in architecting softwares and not to foreget even for current architects as a refresher.

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About the Software Design and Architecture Specialization

In the Software Design and Architecture Specialization, you will learn how to apply design principles, patterns, and architectures to create reusable and flexible software applications and systems. You will learn how to express and document the design and architecture of a software system using a visual notation.

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