Introduction

System design is the cornerstone of building robust, scalable, and high-performing applications in today's technology landscape. This training program provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of system design fundamentals, architectural patterns, and advanced concepts like scalability, high availability, and communication between services. With a blend of theoretical knowledge and hands-on exercises, participants will gain practical insights into creating systems that can meet the demands of modern applications.

Target Audience

This training is ideal for:

• Software engineers and developers aiming to enhance their system design skills.

• IT architects and solution designers responsible for designing scalable systems.

• Technical managers and team leads overseeing software development projects.

• Students or professionals aspiring to enter technical roles involving system architecture.

Objectives

By the end of this training program, participants will be able to:

1. Understand Key Concepts: Grasp the foundational concepts of system design, including scalability, performance, and the differences between system design and software architecture.

2. Analyze and Apply Patterns: Identify and implement common architectural patterns such as monolithic, microservices, and event-driven architectures.

3. Optimize Communication: Evaluate and utilize various communication protocols like REST, WebSockets, and gRPC for effective service interaction.

4. Design Efficient Storage Solutions: Differentiate between relational and NoSQL databases, and implement sharding and replication strategies.

5. Implement Scalability and High Availability: Build systems with efficient load balancing, caching, and disaster recovery mechanisms.

6. Engage in Practical Exercises: Apply theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios through hands-on activities, including analyzing web applications, designing architectures, and implementing APIs.

Outlines:

Day 1: 

Introduction to System Design

• Understanding System Design

• What is system design?

• Importance of scalability and performance

• System design vs. software architecture

• Key Terminologies & Concepts

• Latency vs. Throughput

• Consistency vs. Availability (CAP Theorem)

• Horizontal vs. Vertical Scaling

Hands-on Exercise: Analyze how a simple web application handles requests

Day 2:

Architectural Patterns & Design Principles

• Common System Design Patterns

• Monolithic vs. Microservices Architecture

• Event-Driven Architecture

• Serverless Computing

• Principles of Scalable System Design

• Load Balancing

• Caching Strategies

• API Rate Limiting

Hands-on Exercise: Design a basic load-balanced architecture

Day 3:

Networking & Communication Between Services

• Networking Basics for System Design

• HTTP vs. WebSockets vs. gRPC

• REST APIs vs. GraphQL vs gRPC

• Message Queues & Event Streaming

• Apache Kafka vs. RabbitMQ vs. Amazon SQS

• Pub/Sub Messaging Model

Hands-on Exercise: Implement an API using REST and WebSockets

Day 4:

Databases & Storage Design + Scalability & High Availability Strategies

• Databases / Storage Design

• Relational vs. NoSQL Databases

• When to use SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) vs. NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra)

• Database Sharding & Replication

• Partitioning Strategies

• Leader-Follower Replication

Hands-on Exercise: Design a database schema

• Scalability & High Availability Strategies

• Scaling Systems Efficiently

• Load Balancers (Nginx, AWS ELB)

• Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

• High Availability & Disaster Recovery

• Redundancy & Failover Strategies

•  Handling Database Failures

Hands-on Exercise: Design a scalable web application infrastructure

Day 5:

Case Studies & Real-World System Design

• System Design of Large-Scale Applications

• Uber’s Architecture Overview

• Netflix, Facebook & Instagram Scalability Strategies

• Breaking Down a System Design Interview

• How to approach design questions

• Step-by-step framework for system design

Hands-on Exercise: Mock system design interview on designing