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Software Architect's Handbook

By : Joseph Ingeno
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Software Architect's Handbook

By: Joseph Ingeno

Overview of this book

The Software Architect’s Handbook is a comprehensive guide to help developers, architects, and senior programmers advance their career in the software architecture domain. This book takes you through all the important concepts, right from design principles to different considerations at various stages of your career in software architecture. The book begins by covering the fundamentals, benefits, and purpose of software architecture. You will discover how software architecture relates to an organization, followed by identifying its significant quality attributes. Once you have covered the basics, you will explore design patterns, best practices, and paradigms for efficient software development. The book discusses which factors you need to consider for performance and security enhancements. You will learn to write documentation for your architectures and make appropriate decisions when considering DevOps. In addition to this, you will explore how to design legacy applications before understanding how to create software architectures that evolve as the market, business requirements, frameworks, tools, and best practices change over time. By the end of this book, you will not only have studied software architecture concepts but also built the soft skills necessary to grow in this field.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)

Modernizing build and deployment processes

Another aspect of modernizing a legacy application is to update the build and deployment processes. If outdated, these processes cannot be completed as easily or quickly as modern processes. A legacy application might even need to be built and deployed manually, which can make it error-prone.

If the processes are complex and the documentation is poor, knowledge of the intricacies involved in the processes can be lost. There may be a reliance on certain individuals who know all of the details about the processes, which can be problematic when those people are away from work or decide to leave the organization entirely.

The initial step in updating these processes is to gain a detailed understanding of the current way that builds and deployments are done. You should also know about any differences that exist in the processes based on the...