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arc42 by Example

By : Dr. Gernot Starke, Michael Simons, Stefan Zörner, Ralf D. Müller
Book Image

arc42 by Example

By: Dr. Gernot Starke, Michael Simons, Stefan Zörner, Ralf D. Müller

Overview of this book

When developers document the architecture of their systems, they often invent their own specific ways of articulating structures, designs, concepts, and decisions. What they need is a template that enables simple and efficient software architecture documentation. arc42 by Example shows how it's done through several real-world examples. Each example in the book, whether it is a chess engine, a huge CRM system, or a cool web system, starts with a brief description of the problem domain and the quality requirements. Then, you'll discover the system context with all the external interfaces. You'll dive into an overview of the solution strategy to implement the building blocks and runtime scenarios. The later chapters also explain various cross-cutting concerns and how they affect other aspects of a program.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)
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Acknowledgements
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VII - macOS Menu Bar Application

VI.5 Building Block View

The following are the different levels for building blocks:

5.1 Level 1

The following diagram shows the building blocks of level 1:

Figure 6.5 Level 1 building block

The following table describes the different components of the building block level 1:

Figure 6.6: Description of building block level 1 components

5.2 Level 2

The following are the different types of tasks included in level 2 of building blocks.

5.2.1 Export Tasks

The following figure depicts the export task block of level 2 building blocks:

Figure 6.7: Export tasks in building block level 2

Documentation Tools and Export Tasks

These are the tools that docToolchain is able to export documentation fragments from. Each tool is interfaced with at least one export task through a specific interface:

Figure 6.8: Description of export tasks components

Utility Tasks

Figure 6.9: Utility tasks in building blocks view

These are tasks that might be helpful...