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Software Architecture in Applications

Delve into software architecture, exploring key principles, patterns, and quality attributes. Gain insights with case studies and projects, enhancing your practical skills in system design and optimization.

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66 Lessons

12h

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This course includes

2 Projects

1 Assessment

5 Playgrounds

15 Quizzes

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Course Overview

This course offers a deep dive into the world of software architecture. It’s designed to equip software developers and architects with the knowledge and skills necessary to create, evaluate, and optimize software systems. The course covers a range of critical topics to ensure a strong foundation in architectural principles and strategies. You will start by exploring architectural concepts and the relationship between quality attributes, requirements, and architectural styles. You’ll also examine different ...Show More

What You'll Learn

An understanding of the fundamentals of software architecture and its role in agile development

Working knowledge of quality attributes and requirements in software architecture across various application types and their architectural frames

The ability to make informed architectural decisions, selecting the most appropriate architectural styles and patterns

An understanding of modern web architecture concepts to design web applications for enhanced user experiences

An understanding of the fundamentals of software architecture and its role in agile development

Course Content

Getting Started

5 Lessons

Get familiar with software architecture in web applications, Agile methods, and modern web app characteristics.

About This Course

What Is Software Architecture?

Software Architecture in Agile Methods

Characteristics of a Modern Web Application

Quiz: Getting Started

The Architecture Meta-Frame

4 Lessons

Get started with understanding the architecture meta-frame, quality attributes, and application types.

Introduction to the Architecture Meta-Frame

Quality Attributes, Requirements, and Architectural Styles

Application Types and Architectural Frame

Quiz: The Architectural Meta-Frame

Architectural Styles and Strategies

22 Lessons

Examine various architectural patterns and strategies, addressing their structures, advantages, and challenges.

Types of Architecture Patterns

Centralized and Decentralized Architecture

Layered Architecture

N-Tier Architecture

Model-View-Controller: A Special N-Tier Architecture

Model-View-View-Model (MVVM) Architecture

Client Server

Peer to Peer

Quiz on Layered, MVC, MVVM, Client-Server, and P2P Styles

Broker Pattern

Pipe and Filter

Event-Driven Architecture

Publish and Subscribe

Quiz on Broker Pattern, Pipe and Filter, EDA, and Pub/Sub Styles

Hexagonal Architecture

Serverless Architecture

Quiz on Hexagonal and Serverless Architecture

Monolithic Architecture

Microservices

Migrating from Monolithic to Microservices

Micro-Frontends

Quiz on Monolithic, Microservices, and Micro-Frontends Architecture

Architectural Styles and Strategies

Assessment

Scalability

5 Lessons

Break down complex ideas on achieving efficient scalability in software architecture.

Introduction to Scalability

Types of Scalability

Bottlenecks

Scalability in Architectural Styles

Quiz: Scalability

Availability

4 Lessons

Solve problems in maintaining high system availability through redundancy, failover, and clustering.

Introduction to Availability

System Failure and Fault Tolerance

Redundancy, Replication, and Availability Clustering

Quiz: Availability

Load Balancing

6 Lessons

Focus on distributing workloads using various algorithms for performance and fault tolerance.

Introduction to Load Balancing

Domain Name Servers

Load Balancing Methods

Quiz: Load Balancing

Case Study: Improving UX and Performance through Load Balancing

Solution: Improving UX and Performance Through Load Balancing

A Basic Load Balancer

Project

Security

5 Lessons

Learn how to improve security measures, recognize threats, and conduct effective security tests.

Introduction to Security

Importance of Web Security

Types of Security Tests

Reducing Risks with Security

Quiz: Security

10.

Caching

3 Lessons

Learn how to use caching to boost application performance and efficiency.

Introduction to Caching

Cache Strategies

Quiz: Caching

11.

Web Architecture

7 Lessons

Walk through web architecture types, REST API, SOAP, WebSockets, HTTP methods, Ajax, and jQuery.

Introduction to Web Architecture

Ajax and jQuery Basics

Quiz: Web Architecture

12.

Case Studies

4 Lessons

Work your way through visual collaboration tools and CRM system architecture design.

Case Study: Visual Collaboration for Software Architecture

Solution: Visual Collaboration for Software Architecture

Case Study: Designing a CRM System

Solution: Designing a CRM System

A Basic MVC Data Flow

Project

14.

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of designing robust software systems through essential principles and patterns.

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