CS447 New Course Objectives (Fall 2004)
Objectives
·	Understand the basic concepts of distributed systems and distributed objects 
·	Understand the principles of Object-Oriented Middleware and common design problems for distributed systems 
·	Describe the advantages and disadvantages of various multi-tier software architectures
·	Describe how Business Objects can be utilized to construct software applications
·	Describe the functions of an Object Request Broker (ORB)
·	Describe the role of Interface Definition Languages
·	Describe how common distributed services (e.g. Naming, Events, Transaction) are utilized by distributed applications
·	Describe how common distributed messaging styles (e.g. Request-Reply, Point-to-Point, Publish-Subscribe) are utilized by distributed applications 
·	Describe multiple mechanisms for providing object persistence
·	Understand security issues in middleware
·	Implement a distributed, multi-tier application using distributed object technology