Head First Software Architecture (Second Early Release) 9781098134358, 9781098134297

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Table of contents :
1. Software Architecture Demystified: Let’s Get Started!
Building your understanding of software architecture
Building plans and software architecture
The dimensions of software architecture
Puzzling out the dimensions
Everything is interconnected.
The first dimension: Architectural characteristics
The second dimension: Architectural decisions
BE the architect
The third dimension: Logical components
The fourth dimension: Architectural styles
No, architecture and design are different.
A design perspective
An architectural perspective
The spectrum between architecture and design
Where along the spectrum does your decision fall?
Is it strategic or tactical?
How much effort will it take to construct or change?
Does it have significant trade-offs?
Strategic versus tactical
High versus low levels of effort
Code Magnets
Significant versus less significant trade-offs
Putting it all together
You made it!
Software Architecture Crossword
BE the architect solution
Code Magnets Solution
Software Architecture Crossword Solution
2. Everything’s a Trade-off: The Two Laws of Software Architecture
It starts with a sneaker app
What do we know so far?
Having the trading service communicate with downstream services
Analyzing trade-offs
Trade-off analysis: Queue edition
Trade-off analysis: Topic edition
The first law of software architecture
It always comes back to trade-offs
Making an architectural decision
What else makes a decision architectural?
The second law of software architecture
Architectural Decision Records (ADRs)
Cubicle conversation
Writing ADRs: Getting the title right
Writing ADRs: What’s your status?
Writing ADRs: What’s your status? (recap)
Writing ADRs: Establishing the context
Writing ADRs: Writing the decision
Writing ADRs: Considering the consequences
Writing ADRs: Ensuring governance
Writing ADRs: Closing notes
The benefits of ADRs
Two Many Sneakers is a success
The “two laws” crossword
The “two laws” crossword solution
About the Authors

Head First Software Architecture (Second Early Release)
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