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Grokking Computer Networking for Software

Engineers
Beginner 115 Lessons 20h Certificate of Completion

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This course includes:

1 Assessment 31 Playgrounds 83 Quizzes 480 Illustrations

Course Overview
The way applications are developed today requires software engineers to have a firm
understanding of client-server architecture and networking. If you’re planning to write web
applications, or apps that communicate with a remote server, then networking is an
essenti... Show More

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1 Getting Started
2 Lessons

Course Learning Outcomes

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Learning Instruments

2 Getting to Know the Internet

4 Lessons

What is the Internet?

A Quick History of The Internet

Internet Standards Documents

Communication Over the Internet

3 Access Networks
4 Lessons

The Edge of The Internet: End Systems

What Are Access Networks?

Types of Access Networks: DSL

Types of Access Networks: Cable, FTTH, Dial-Up, and Satellite

4 Types of Computer Networks

4 Lessons

Types by Physical Medium: Guided Physical Media

Types by Physical Medium: Unguided Physical Media

Types by Geographical Distance

Types by Topology

5 Network Infrastructure: The OSI Model

3 Lessons

Layered Architectures & Protocol Stacks

The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model

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The TCP/IP Model

6 The Application Layer

20 Lessons

What Is the Application Layer?

Network Application Architectures

P2P vs. Client-Server

How Processes Communicate

HTTP: The Basics

HTTP: Request Messages

Exercise: Looking at a Real HTTP Request

HTTP: Response Messages

Exercise: Looking at a Real HTTP Response

Cookies

Exercise: View and Manage Your Cookies

Email: SMTP

Exercise: Checking a Domain’s Mail Server with nslookup

Email: POP & IMAP

Email: Message Format

DNS: Introduction

Exercise: Finding Name Servers

DNS: Records and Messages

Exercise: Looking At DNS Response Messages and Resource Records

BitTorrent

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7 The Transport Layer

25 Lessons

What Is the Transport Layer?

Multiplexing and Demultiplexing

Multiplexing & Demultiplexing in UDP

Introduction to Congestion Control

More on Principles of Congestion Control

Principles of Reliable Data Transfer

Reliable Data Transfer: Sliding Window

Reliable Data Transfer: Go-back-n

The User Datagram Protocol

UDP Checksum Calculation & Why UDP?

Exercise: Capturing UDP Packets

The Transmission Control Protocol

Key Features of the Transmission Control Protocol

TCP Segment Header

TCP Header Flags

TCP Headers: Window Size, Checksum & More

TCP Connection Establishment: Three-way Handshake

Other TCP Connection Establishment Methods

When Connection Establishment Fails: Syn Floods & Retransmission

TCP Connection Release

Efficient data transmission with TCP

TCP Window Scaling

Exercise: Measuring RTT with Ping

TCP Congestion Control: AIMD

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TCP Congestion Control: Slow Start

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8 An Introduction to Socket Programming with Python

9 Lessons

The Basics

Setting up a UDP Socket

Writing a UDP Server

Writing a UDP Client Program

Running The UDP Server & Client Together

Improvements to UDP Programs: Avoiding Arbitrary Servers

Project: Write a UDP Chat App!

Solution: Write a UDP Chat App!

A TCP Client-Server Program

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9 Network Layer
27 Lessons

What Is the Network Layer?

Organization of the Network layer

The Control Plane: Static & Dynamic Routing

The Control Plane: Distance Vector - Routing Information Protocol

Programming Challenge: Routing Information Protocol

Solution Review: Routing Information Protocol

The Control Plane: Link State Routing

The Control Plane: Route Calculation - Dijkstra's

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Programming Challenge: Implementing Dijkstra's

Solution Review: Implementing Dijkstra's

The Internet Protocol: Introduction to IPV4

The Internet Protocol: IPV4 Address Allocation

The Internet Protocol: IPV4 Packets

The Internet Protocol: IPV4 Packet Fragmentation & Reassembly

The Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)

Exercise: Sending ICMP Messages With Ping & Traceroute

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

IPv4 in Practice: The Life of a Packet

Why IPv6?

IPv6 Features

Middleboxes: Firewalls

Middleboxes: NATs

Introduction to Routing in IP: Intradomain & Interdomain

Intradomain Routing: OSPF

Interdomain Routing: Border Gateway Protocol

Border Gateway Protocol: Determining the Best Routes

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10 Link Layer
15 Lessons

What is The Data Link Layer?

Principles of The Data Link Layer: The Framing Problem

Principles of The Data Link Layer: Error Detection

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Medium Access Control: Static Allocation

Medium Access Control: Stochastic Methods - ALOHA

Medium Access Control: Stochastic Methods - CSMA

Medium Access Control: Stochastic Methods - CSMA/CD

Medium Access Control: Stochastic Methods - Optimizing CSMA/CD

Introduction to Ethernet

Ethernet Frame Format

Physical Layers for Ethernet

Ethernet Switches

Programming Challenge: Spanning Tree Protocol

Solution Review: Spanning Tree Protocol

Virtual LANs

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11 Conclusion
2 Lessons

Networks Career Paths

Final Thoughts

Computer Networks Exam

Assessment

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