Course Syllabus

SE 3840 Web Telemetry & Operations

Course Description

This course focuses on modern web infrastructure. The course covers monitoring and instrumentation to assist in operational awareness of software solutions.

Justification

This course is a required course for the (BSSE) Software Engineering program. Telemetry is the ability to 'see' over a distance, and in this course we aim to teach the principles and practices of how we can 'see' if a piece of software running on the web is working correctly or not. Telemetry and Operations often require writing custom measurement tools so you can count how many things get done, and now fast they are getting done, etc.

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to analyze and evaluate application health
2. Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to design and implement metric collection solutions
3. Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to compare and assess how different web deployment strategies alters the need for metrics.
4. Upon successful completion of this course students will be aware of DevOps, and the need for telemetry and application health visibility.
5. Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to understand how operational needs should contribute to application design, uptime, and migration plans.
6. Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to demonstrate an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions. (ABET-SLO6)

Course Content

The following topics may be covered in this course:• Application Health• Metrics• Deployment Strategies• Application Operational Technologies