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Software Architecture for Web Developers

By : Mihaela Roxana Ghidersa
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Software Architecture for Web Developers

By: Mihaela Roxana Ghidersa

Overview of this book

Large-scale web applications require you to write code efficiently following business and architectural considerations. They require web developers to understand the impact of their work on the system and how they can evolve the product. With this handbook, every developer will find something to take away. This book will help web developers looking to change projects or work on a new project in understanding the context of the application, along with how some design decisions or patterns fit better in their application’s architecture. It acts as a guide, taking you through different levels of professional growth with a focus on best practices, coding guidelines, business considerations, and soft skills that will help you gain the knowledge to craft a career in web development. Finally, you’ll work with examples and ways of applying the discussed concepts in practical situations. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained valuable insights into what it means to be a web architect, as well as the impact architecture has on a web application.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Part 1 – Getting the Grasp of Architecture
7
Part 2 – Architect: From Title to Role
10
Part 3 – From Developer to Architect

Ensure security at all levels

Security is one of the essential crosscutting concerns for an application as it implies that by using different tools, specifications, processes, and applications, we are protecting an application. It is important to note that security is about protecting, preventing, and mitigating different types of possible threats.

When discussing architecture security, we discuss a set of processed tools and teams working together to achieve threat detection and prevention.

Working on security can impact other quality attributes. For example, actions to support security might reduce performance in some situations and the other way around (see Figure 4.3):

Figure 4.3 – Example of quality attributes that influence how secure a system might be

As architecture is also evolving, there is a need for security checks and evaluations to be done regularly. This way, we can, in time, determine vulnerabilities and do the necessary actions...