Construção de uma arquitetura para integração e escalabilidade do sistema educacional WebAlgo em um ambiente web

Abstract

The constant technological evolution and the growing demand for flexible, accessible, and web-aligned solutions have reinforced the modernization of systems, especially those originally developed for desktop environments. This work proposes an architecture that enables the integration of a new web-based system with the WebAlgo backend, used in programming education at UCS. The solution aims to establish communication between the new interface and the consolidated legacy server without modifying its structure or exposing sensitive data. The design was based on research, reference analysis, related work, and the definition of a container-based architecture using Docker and NGINX, in addition to implementing a middleware responsible for mediating communication between the front-end and the legacy system. The conducted tests demonstrated that the proposed architecture delivered stable performance, maintaining low latency, high availability, and consistent behavior under different load levels. The use of NGINX as a reverse proxy and load balancer enabled efficient request distribution, while the middleware proved resilient and capable of securely and consistently handling communication. In real classroom scenarios, the application remained responsive and fully operational, indicating that the solution is suitable for academic environments and ready for both local and cloud deployments. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]