Network computing

Course Objectives:

This course is an introduction to the network computing systems develoment. The focus of the course is on the study of middleware and enabling technologies that are used in building distributed environments and applications. Concepts such as open systems, interoperability, portability, integration are emphasized. Provide an in-depth understanding of major middleware and application level issues, as well as design and implementation skills in the development of applications using advanced network architectural model.

Topics include:

Syllabus

1. Introduction
   • Motivations, trends, main application areas
   • Decision support systems
   • On-line transaction processing
   • Collaborative works
   • Requirements, services, environments
   • Wireless computing
   • Architectural models, realisation methodologies, paradigms
2. Advanced networking technologies
   • Advanced LAN and WAN infrastructures
   • Services
   • Protocols, protocol stacks
   • Security
3. Mobile systems
   • Wireless networking technologies
   • Services, interfaces
   • Protocols
   • Applications
4. Web servers and their clients
   • Platforms, categories, evolutional directions
   • Internet/intranet-related services
   • Gateway and directory services
   • Multiprotocol router services
   • APIs
5. Scripts and forms
   • Scripts and scripting languages
   • Scripts, gateways, forms
   • The cooperating phases of scripts and forms
   • Application of scripts and forms
6. Middleware
   • Basic services: connectivity, N/P-transparency, isolation, RDBMS...
   • Advanced middleware services (authentication, security, transparency,....
   • Message oriented, RPC-based and transaction oriented middleware, database access, ....
   • Dominant solutions, standardisation,
   • Managebility, interoperability.
7. Network programming
   • Network programming paradigm: message based, client/server, RPC, function shipping (mobile code),
   • Methodologies,
   • Techniques, environments,
   • Tools.
8. Using Java in network programming
   • Run time and development environments,
   • Using the traditional low- and high-level networking APIs
   • JavaRMI, JavaIDL .
   • Network programming support,
   • Concurrent programming possibilities,
9. Developing of Network computing applications
   • Building scalable remote access,
   • RDBMS applications,
   • Component based distributed system construction, Java Beans, Enterprise Java Beans.
   • Collaborative software development,
   • Monitoring, testing and debugging distributed systems
10. Towards a new computing infrastructure: the computational grid
    • Meanings and motivations of metacomputing,
    • First step to metacomputers,
    • Meanings and motivations of grid-computing,
    • Components of grid/metacomputing systems
    • Programming model,
    • Applications, trends.

1. Introduction by Szilveszter Kovács
   43 slides Zipped Powerpoint (39k)
2. Advanced networking technologies by Szilveszter Kovács
   88 pages Gzipped Postscript (349k) Zipped PowerPoint (131k)
   121 slides Zipped Powerpoint (154k)
3. Mobile systems by György Györök
   51 pages Zipped RTF (Winword) (3.02M) Zipped Powerpoint (1.26M)
   The Mobile Communication - 75 slides Zipped PowerPoint (2.45M) by György Györök.
4. Web servers and their clients by Péter Broczkó
   Web Servers - lecture notes 31 pages Zipped Winword (50k)
   Web servers - transparecies 41 pages Zipped Winword (19k)
   Web servers - updated document 44 slides Zipped PowerPoint (32k)
5. Scripts and forms by Péter Kacsuk
   Web Forms 14 slides Zipped PowerPoint (35k)
   Web Scripts 19 slides Zipped PowerPoint (39k)
6. Middleware
   67 slides Zipped PowerPoint (142k) by Gyula Fehér
7. Network programming by Dr. Nagy, Rezsõ
   65 pages Zipped Winword (38k)
8. Using Java in network programming by József Vörös
   Outline: 2 pages PDF (20k)
   Document: 57 pages PDF (113k)
9. Developing of Network computing applications
   43 slides Zipped Powerpoint (128k) by Márta Seebauer
   Componet based system development 67 slides Zipped PowerPoint (85k) by Lajos Ficsór
10. Towards a new computing infrastructure: the computational grid by Péter Kacsuk
    46 slides Zipped PowerPoint (1.36M)

[TcpIp] D. Comer and D. Stevens.: Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume III Client/Server Programming and Applications

[PowPr] J. Bloomer: Power Programming with RPC
O'Reilly & Associates

[OO] A. Umar: Object-Oriented Client/Server Internet Environments
Prentice Hall.

[Java] http://java.sun.com/docs