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Teaching Complex Systems based on Microservices

Computers and Society 2025-06-23 v1 Software Engineering
Authors: Renato Cordeiro Ferreira , Thatiane de Oliveira Rosa , Alfredo Goldman , Eduardo Guerra
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Abstract

Developing complex systems using microservices is a current challenge. In this paper, we present our experience with teaching this subject to more than 80 students at the University of S\~ao Paulo (USP), fostering team work and simulating the industry's environment. We show it is possible to teach such advanced concepts for senior undergraduate students of Computer Science and related fields.

Keywords

software engineering education microservices

Cite

@article{arxiv.2506.16492,
  title  = {Teaching Complex Systems based on Microservices},
  author = {Renato Cordeiro Ferreira and Thatiane de Oliveira Rosa and Alfredo Goldman and Eduardo Guerra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.16492},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

4 pages, 3 figures (2 diagrams, 2 tables), reviewed and presented at AMP2020

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