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📅 February 19, 2020

Architectural Documentation – Communicate Your Decisions

At some point in your project, architectural documentation becomes an essential piece of the deliverables. This material is often a set of diagrams and bullet points. However, there is more that we need to include. A good set of deliverables…

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📅 February 17, 2020

Cohesion or Coupling – Essential Architecture Decisions

A critical design decision in the object-oriented world is whether to choose cohesion or coupling. These two approaches are not mutually exclusive. However, it is rare to see a mix of the two. Therefore, this decision in the architecture will…

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📅 February 14, 2020

Class Architecture And General Grouping of Features

Object names and namespaces are just the beginning of creating a class architecture. We need to consider globally available values, data hiding, abstraction, and how to group features. The old “is-a” and “has-a” questions are essential cogs in building out…

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📅 February 12, 2020

Session Management – Architecting State Data

Most modern business applications have some state or context. This model can be easy to implement in a stand-alone application. However, multi-user applications like web sites can be a challenge when you consider session management. While security is often a…

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📅 February 10, 2020

Application Programming Interface (API) Solutions Architected

One of the most substantial challenges in system development is the application programming interface. The result is (ideally) a stable and well-defined interface for your system. That can be a struggle when your solution is not exactly stable nor well-defined. …

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📅 February 7, 2020

Integrations, Imports, Exports and Similar Architectural Considerations

When we talk about creating an architecture for the future, integrations should always be a part of the discussion. These include importing, exporting, and direct integrations via an API. It is limiting to assume that an application will always stand…

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