Distributed Systems Design by Example

A sequel to Software Design by Example.

Learner Persona

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Lessons

1. Introduction: what this training does and doesn't cover.
2. A Publish-Subscribe Message Queue: loosely-coupled communication.
3. A Work-Stealing Scheduler: sharing work more efficiently.
4. Distributed Tracing: keeping track of what's happening.
5. Conclusion: looking back and next steps.

Appendices

1. License
2. Code of Conduct
3. Contributing
4. Bibliography
5. Glossary
6. Discrete Event Simulation with asimpy

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Greg Wilson is a programmer, author, and educator based in Toronto, Canada. He was the co-founder and first Executive Director of Software Carpentry and received ACM SIGSOFT's Influential Educator Award in 2020.

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