{"id":37716,"date":"2016-10-17T15:18:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T20:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vanjrblog.wordpress.com\/?p=402"},"modified":"2016-10-17T15:18:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T20:18:47","slug":"understanding-software-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenscourses.com\/tc1019fall2016\/syndicated\/understanding-software-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Software Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Software Architecture<\/strong> is the representation of the program that helps to understand how the <strong>software will behave<\/strong>. It serves as a <strong>guide for the design<\/strong> and the implementation teams. And is the first line of the system&#8217;s <strong>quality<\/strong>, such as\u00a0performance, modifiability, and security. None of these could be done without an architectural vision.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-402\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img class=\" size-medium wp-image-411 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/vanjrblog.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/10\/61391451.jpg?w=300&#038;h=300\" alt=\"61391451\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">By building effective architecture, you can <strong>identify design risks<\/strong> and mitigate them early in the development process. It also gives an approach of the final design.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Like any other <strong>complex structure<\/strong>, software should be done on a <strong>solid foundation<\/strong>. Any failure in the future could result a risk for the application.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The most important part of it, is to always consider three things: <strong>The User, The System &amp; The Business.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Finding a <strong>valance<\/strong> between the desire and specifications of each will result on a good architecture, and this will lead on a great application.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But unfortunately there are major problems that are hard to decode. That&#8217;s why we always need to think about this <strong>major concerns<\/strong>:<img class=\"  wp-image-424 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/vanjrblog.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/10\/diossimpson20120507053705.jpg?w=338&#038;h=132\" alt=\"diossimpson20120507053705\" width=\"338\" height=\"132\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How will the users be using the application?<\/li>\n<li>How will the application be deployed into production and managed?<\/li>\n<li>What are the quality attribute requirements for the application, such as security, performance, concurrency, internationalization, and configuration?<\/li>\n<li>How can the application be designed to be flexible and maintainable over time?<\/li>\n<li>What are the architectural trends that might impact your application now or after it has been deployed?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The goal of architecture is to identify the things that affect the structure and functionality of the application. Good architecture reduces the business risks associated with building a technical solution.<img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-437\" src=\"https:\/\/vanjrblog.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/10\/f63aea5b2c0ca768e0cb9d4c0af1a1c40f546b808664bd13da42b6d5899af4b8.jpg?w=300&#038;h=200\" alt=\"f63aea5b2c0ca768e0cb9d4c0af1a1c40f546b808664bd13da42b6d5899af4b8\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The architecture is important in everything, and when talking about software, it&#8217;s the base for a good one; you don&#8217;t want the users to be mad at you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Source:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sei.cmu.edu\/architecture\/\">http:\/\/www.sei.cmu.<div class=\"post-limited-image\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/vanjrblog.wordpress.com\/402\/\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-limited-image\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.wp.com\/b.gif?host=vanjrblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=115242619&%23038;post=402&%23038;subd=vanjrblog&%23038;ref=&%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/div><!--more--><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ee658098.aspx\">https:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ee658098.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><br \/>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/vanjrblog.wordpress.com\/402\/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/vanjrblog.wordpress.com\/402\/\" \/><\/a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.wp.com\/b.gif?host=vanjrblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=115242619&%23038;post=402&%23038;subd=vanjrblog&%23038;ref=&%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Software Architecture is the representation of the program that helps to understand how the software will behave. It serves as a guide for the design and the implementation teams. And is the first line of the system&#8217;s quality, such as\u00a0performance, modifiability, and security. None of these could be done without an architectural vision. By building &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kenscourses.com\/tc1019fall2016\/syndicated\/understanding-software-architecture\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Understanding Software Architecture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[310,309,241,209,162,25],"class_list":["post-37716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-syndicated","tag-imanarchitect","tag-softwarearchitecture","tag-architecture","tag-design","tag-development","tag-tc1019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenscourses.com\/tc1019fall2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenscourses.com\/tc1019fall2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenscourses.com\/tc1019fall2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenscourses.com\/tc1019fall2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenscourses.com\/tc1019fall2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37716"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kenscourses.com\/tc1019fall2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37903,"href":"https:\/\/kenscourses.com\/tc1019fall2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37716\/revisions\/37903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenscourses.com\/tc1019fall2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenscourses.com\/tc1019fall2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenscourses.com\/tc1019fall2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}