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📅 February 24, 2020 Software Architecture From Scratch ⏱ 3 minutes read

Software Architecture Best Practices – Essential Ideas

It is time to wrap up the season of software architecture from scratch. We have covered a broad range of topics and now are able to look over them as a whole. There are…

📅 February 21, 2020 Software Architecture From Scratch ⏱ 3 minutes read

Middle Tier Architecture – Designing The Business Rules

We have looked at a broad range of topics this season. However, it is time for us to tackle the middle tier architecture. Thus, we need to consider process steps (or flow) and look…

📅 February 20, 2020 Integrate Testing Into Your Development Flow ⏱ 3 minutes read

TestNG: A Walkthrough Of How It Works And Getting Started

Welcome to the next episode in our new series “Integrating testing into your development flow”. Today we are going to be looking at “TestNG: A Walkthrough Of How It Works And Getting Started”. In…

📅 February 19, 2020 Software Architecture From Scratch ⏱ 3 minutes read

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…

📅 February 17, 2020 Software Architecture From Scratch ⏱ 2 minutes read

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,…

📅 February 14, 2020 Software Architecture From Scratch ⏱ 2 minutes read

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…

📅 February 13, 2020 Integrate Testing Into Your Development Flow ⏱ 2 minutes read

Understanding and Building Unit Tests

Welcome to the next episode in our new series “Integrating testing into your development flow”. Today we are going to be looking at “Understanding and Building Unit Tests”. In our first few presentations, we…

📅 February 12, 2020 Software Architecture From Scratch ⏱ 2 minutes read

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…

📅 February 10, 2020 Software Architecture From Scratch ⏱ 2 minutes read

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…

📅 February 7, 2020 Software Architecture From Scratch ⏱ 2 minutes read

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…