A Tale of Two Systems

Reitsma, René; Krueger, Kevin

A Tale of Two Systems

dc.contributor.author	Reitsma, René
dc.contributor.author	Krueger, Kevin
dc.date.accessioned	2025-07-01T09:09:54Z
dc.date.available	2025-07-01T09:09:54Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.description	149 p.
dc.description.abstract	This is the story of a web-based information system rebuild. The system in question is www.teachengineering.org, a digital library of K-12 engineering curriculum that was built from the ground up with established technology and which for 13 years enjoyed lasting support from its growing user community and its sponsors. These 13 years, however, cover the period during which smart phones and tablets became commonplace, during which the Internet of Things started replacing the Semantic Web, during which NoSQL databases made their way out of the research labs and into everyday development shops, during which we collectively started moving IT functions and services into ‘the cloud,’ and during which computing performance doubled a few times, yet again. During this same period, TeachEngineering’s user base grew from a few hundred to more than 3 million users annually, its collection size quadrupled, it went through several user interface renewals, and significant functionality was added while having an exemplary service record, and it enjoyed continued financial support from its sponsors. In this monograph we provide a side-by-side of this rebuild. We lay out the choices made in the old architecture —we refer to it as TE 1.0— and compare and contrast them with the choices made for TE 2.0. We explain why both the 1.0 and 2.0 choices were made and discuss the advantages and disadvantages associated with them.
dc.identifier.uri	https://oerrepository.ntt.edu.vn/handle/298300331/784
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Oregon State University
dc.subject	Systems
dc.subject	Web-based information
dc.subject	System rebuild
dc.title	A Tale of Two Systems
dc.type	Book
dcterms.license	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International