Google Code for Educators - Distributed Systems

Google Code for Educators - Distributed Systems
Distributed Systems

One of the most important recent developments in computing is the growth in distributed and parallel applications. In these tutorials, we distinguish between local programming (on a single machine) and distributed programming using multiple components via a network.

We cover what designers and programmers need to consider in developing applications in a distributed environment. We also cover parallel computation using an open source tool called Hadoop, which is a MapReduce implementation, running on a distributed file system. The goal is to help build an understanding of these important new trends, and provide opportunities to practice with them.