System Software

<aside> 📌 Taught by Prof. Thangaraju B (System Softwares)

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<aside> ⏲️ Course Duration: 2 months [Sep - Oct]

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Syllabus

Computer Architecture

• Basic structure of computer hardware and software
• Process, Memory and I/O systems: CPU, RAM, Virtual Memory, I/O devices
• Types of System - Server, Desktop, Embedded and Real Time
• Operating System Vs Kernel

Kernel Architecture

• Kernel Subsystems (computing resource management)
• Types of Kernel: Monolithic, Micro and Hybrid Architecture
• Monolithic - Server and Desktop
• Microkernel - Embedded and Real Time systems
• Hybrid - Handle both RT and Non-RT tasks

System Internals

• Brief implementation of - process, file, memory and signal management
• Communication Mechanisms - pipe, FIFO, message Q, shared memory

Synchronization Mechanisms - File and process

• Implementation of Soft Real Time Systems - as per POSIX standard
• Application Program Vs Kernel Module

Assessment

• Course contains - Assignment / Quiz, 64 lab exercises and a Mini-project [with viva voce] (to be done individually).
• Assignment / Quiz contains 25 objective type questions, each carrying a $-50\%$ negative marking. Conducted on alternate Saturdays.
• Marks distributions: $50\%$ Assignment / Quiz $+$ $50\%$ Lab exercises & Mini-project

Resources

• Book - Linux System Programming by Robert Love
• Course PPT

Additional Notes

• Only C language is to be used for the assignments, lab exercises and mini-project. Also, it is expected that no standard libraries are to be used.

Enterprise Software Development

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<aside> ⏲️ Course Duration: 2 months [Nov - Dec]

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Syllabus

Fundamentals of Object-oriented Analysis and Design

• OO concepts
• Unified Modeling Language (UML)

Software Architectures

• Understanding large scale systems – MVC, Web architecture, REST, mobile architecture, and hybrid systems along with relevant concepts on reference and enterprise architecture.
• Understanding quality attributes
• Introduction to design and architectural patterns

Web application development

• MVC for Web - Twitter Bootstrap (rendering view), jQuery, Ajax (from jQuery) and servlets (controller), REST service, back-end model - MySql, Java programming and concepts of key value pair (like mongo DB – implemented using MySql)

Mobile application development

• Connectivity, security, online/offline modes, integration of sensors, location services, responsiveness.
• AngularJS and related frameworks

Resources