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High Level System Design

Master System Architecture and Design Principles

50 hours
59 lessons
12 modules
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Learn how to design scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems. Cover architectural patterns, databases, caching, load balancing, security, and distributed systems concepts essential for building modern applications.

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What you'll learn

  • Hands-on coding challenges
  • Real-world project examples
  • Interview preparation tips
  • Best practices & patterns
Certificate on completion
Interactive code challenges

Course Syllabus

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Module 1

Introduction to High Level Design

Understand what High Level Design is and why it matters

1 lessons

~30 min

1

What is High Level Design?

2 steps · 30 min

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Module 2

System Architectural Styles

Learn different architectural patterns for building systems

7 lessons

~180 min

1

Monolithic Architecture

2 steps · 25 min

2

Microservices Architecture

2 steps · 30 min

3

Monolithic vs Microservices

1 steps · 25 min

4

Event-Driven Architecture

1 steps · 25 min

5

Serverless Architecture

1 steps · 25 min

6

Stateful vs Stateless Architecture

1 steps · 20 min

7

Pub/Sub Architecture

4 steps · 30 min

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Module 3

Scalability

Design systems that can handle growth

3 lessons

~90 min

1

Horizontal and Vertical Scaling

1 steps · 25 min

2

Choosing a Scaling Approach

1 steps · 20 min

3

Scalability Bottlenecks

1 steps · 25 min

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Module 4

Databases in Designing Systems

Database selection, replication, and optimization

9 lessons

~180 min

1

Choosing a Database - SQL or NoSQL

1 steps · 20 min

2

File and Database Storage Systems

1 steps · 20 min

3

Database Replication in System Design

1 steps · 20 min

4

Database Sharding

1 steps · 20 min

5

Block, Object, and File Storage

1 steps · 20 min

6

Normalization Process in DBMS

1 steps · 20 min

7

SQL Query Optimization

1 steps · 20 min

8

Denormalization in Databases

1 steps · 20 min

9

Intro to Redis

1 steps · 20 min

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Module 5

Consistency, Availability, Reliability & Maintainability

Key system design quality attributes

8 lessons

~150 min

1

Availability in System Design

1 steps · 18 min

2

How to achieve High Availability?

1 steps · 18 min

3

Consistency in System Design

1 steps · 18 min

4

Consistency Patterns

1 steps · 18 min

5

CAP Theorem

1 steps · 18 min

6

Reliability in System Design

1 steps · 18 min

7

Fault Tolerance in System Design

1 steps · 18 min

8

Maintainability

1 steps · 18 min

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Module 6

Load Balancing

Distributing traffic across servers

4 lessons

~90 min

1

Concurrency and Parallelism

1 steps · 22 min

2

Load Balancer

1 steps · 22 min

3

Load Balancing Algorithms

1 steps · 22 min

4

Consistent Hashing

1 steps · 22 min

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Module 7

Latency, Throughput and Caching

Optimizing system performance

2 lessons

~60 min

1

Latency and Throughput

1 steps · 30 min

2

Caching in System Design

1 steps · 30 min

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Module 8

API Gateway, Message Queues & Rate Limiting

Managing API traffic and messaging

4 lessons

~90 min

1

What is API Gateway

1 steps · 22 min

2

Message Queues

1 steps · 22 min

3

Rate Limiting

1 steps · 22 min

4

Rate Limiting Algorithm

1 steps · 22 min

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Module 9

Protocols, CDN, Proxies & WebSockets

Network communication patterns

8 lessons

~160 min

1

Communication Protocols

1 steps · 20 min

2

Domain Name System

1 steps · 20 min

3

DNS Caching

1 steps · 20 min

4

Time to Live (TTL)

1 steps · 20 min

5

Content Delivery Network (CDN)

1 steps · 20 min

6

Proxies in System Design

1 steps · 20 min

7

Forward Proxy vs Reverse Proxy

1 steps · 20 min

8

Websockets

1 steps · 20 min

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Module 10

Testing

Testing strategies for system design

3 lessons

~60 min

1

Unit Testing

1 steps · 20 min

2

Integration Testing

1 steps · 20 min

3

CI/CD Pipeline

1 steps · 20 min

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Module 11

Security Measures

Securing system design

5 lessons

~100 min

1

Security Measures in System Design

1 steps · 20 min

2

Authentication and Authorization

1 steps · 20 min

3

Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS)

1 steps · 20 min

4

Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC)

1 steps · 20 min

5

Data Backup and Disaster Recovery

1 steps · 20 min

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Module 12

Distributed System Design & Cost Optimization

Advanced distributed system concepts and optimization

5 lessons

~100 min

1

Consensus Algorithms in Distributed System

1 steps · 20 min

2

Distributed Tracing

1 steps · 20 min

3

Secure Communication in Distributed System

1 steps · 20 min

4

Software Cost Estimation

1 steps · 20 min

5

Performance Optimization Techniques

1 steps · 20 min