Module 6: Architecture and Best Practices

Last revised: 14/06/2022

Summary

Students will go through a practical exploration of design patterns such as factory methods, singleton, state pattern along with architectural choices like websockets and microservices understanding the advantages and disadvantages of each approach in writing well-structured, error-free, maintainable code supporting complex features. Students will also familiarize themselves with the concepts of caching and job processing that contribute to the performance optimization and reliability of applications.

Outline

• 1 Introduction to Architecture [R]

• 1.1 Software Design Patterns [R]

• 1.2 Node.js Best Practices [R]

• 1.3 Express.js Best Practices [R]

• 1.4 Practice Design Patterns [L]

• 2 Introduction to Redis [R]

• 2.1 Caching with Redis [R]

• 2.2 Job Queues with Redis [R]

• 2.3 Session Management with Redis [R]

• 2.4 Practice Caching and Job Queues [L]

• 3 Websockets [R]

• 3.1 Websocket Chat Room App [L]

• 4 Cron Jobs [R]

• 5 Logging [R]

• 5.1 Blog cron jobs and logging [L]

• 6 Microservices [R]

• 7 Summary [R]