designing-scalable-web-applications.html

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date: 2012-03-13T07:26:00.000+01:00
tags:
- scalability
- cloud
title: 'Designing Scalable Web Applications: Introduction'
url: /2012/03/designing-scalable-web-applications/
---

<p>My regular readers probably know that I’m running a 4-month course in scalable web application design at University of Ljubljana (everyone else will <ahref="/2012/02/going-back-to-ivory-tower/">find more details here</a>). I was extremely surprised when we started – I’d expected to see about a dozen students, and suddenly realized I was standing in front of a totally crowded classroom. The next amazing surprise was the students’ level of motivation, commitment, knowledge, and the quality of their questions. It’s definitely fun to have an audience like that.<!--more--></p>
<p>I promised I’d try to publish as many presentations as possible (the live recordings didn’t work out). The <ahref="http://www.scribd.com/doc/85053211/Designing-Scalable-Web-Applications-1-Introduction">first presentation is already available on Scribd</a>; it covers introductory topics from “start with a solution for someone’s needs, not cool technology” to “what tools shall we use?”</p>
<pclass="note">Please don’t get annoyed by all the ads on Scribd. They are theirs, not mine ... and they are a perfect reason why my presentations won’t stay there for long (but I have to spend some more quality coding time first).</p>