Software Architecture
Intro to Software Architecture
Software Architecture GuideMartin covers: • What is software architecture? • Why does it matter? • Application architecture • Enterprise architecture
How to Think About Architecting Software
Don’t Let Architecture Astronauts Scare YouJoel emphasizes the importance of solving useful problems, rather than fixating on interesting architectures.
Software Design Patterns
Design PatternsAlexander covers: • What's a design pattern? • Benefits of design patterns • Catalog of 22 patterns • History of patterns • Criticism of patterns
The SOLID Principles of Object-Oriented Programming Explained in Plain EnglishYigit provides a well-written breakdown of the SOLID principles: • The Single Responsibility Principle • The Open-Closed Principle • The Liskov Substitution Principle • The Interface Segregation Principle • The Dependency Inversion Principle
Architecting Systems for Scale
Introduction to architecting systems for scaleWill documents some of the scalability architecture lessons he's learned while working on systems at Yahoo! and Digg, around load balancing, caching, off-line processing, and a platform layer.
Software Architecture Principles
Meetup Architecture PrinciplesA VP of engineering describes Meetup's process of identifying their architecture principles: build for change, build for understanding, and build Meetup.
Software Architecture Examples
Exploring Workday’s ArchitectureJames provides a big picture overview of Workday's architecture, and then digs into categories of detail including: • User Interface Services • Metadata-Driven Development • The Object Management Services • Integration Services • Persistence • Analytics • Deploying Workday • Operations
