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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

Create a testable architecture

Testability is about how easy a system is to use and how many issues we find during the testing process. From my experience, testability in both forms results from collaboration, taking care of best practices, and having the same vision in the team.

Depending on architectural and design decisions, we determine how easy it will be to use tests as backups. For this, there is a wide range of strategies and approaches to choose from (see Figure 4.4), but don’t forget that quality is the responsibility of the entire team, not just QA:

Figure 4.4 – Examples of how to test a system at different levels

When software products are discussed, the general feeling is that we have programmers that develop these fantastic products, and that’s that. In reality, one of the essential parts of development is testing. Of course, the discussion can evolve to many ways of testing and in many areas. One of the crucial characteristics...