Module: Sockets & Client-Server Programming

Network programming via Sockets API. Client-Server paradigm.

Learning Outcomes

Understand how to program using sockets

You understand

basic network communications using TCP and UDP
client-server paradigm

You are able to

design programs using the client-server paradigm
write programs using the sockets API
serialize/deserialize data to be sent over sockets

Readings

Sockets API

Network concepts, Client-Server, Sockets

Lecture Notes

Socket Programming using Python

Python 3 Examples

blogs

Python 3 Pickle

data (de-)serialization

documentation

Experiential Learning

Programming Python Sockets

Docker, Python, Sockets

Python Hands-on