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Software Architecture in Applications

Explore software architecture, key principles, patterns, and quality attributes. Gain insights from case studies and projects, enhancing practical skills in system design and optimization.

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This course offers a deep dive into the world of software architecture. It’s designed to equip software developers and architects with the knowledge and skills necessary to create, evaluate, and optimize software systems. The course covers a range of critical topics to ensure a strong foundation in architectural principles and strategies. You will start by exploring architectural concepts and the relationship between quality attributes, requirements, and architectural styles. You’ll also examine different architectural patterns and strategies, including centralized and decentralized architecture, layered pattern, broker pattern, and microservices. Then, you’ll go into the details of important quality attributes needed while developing an architecture. The course is equipped with multiple case studies and two projects to further enhance learning. These real-world scenarios and hands-on projects are strategically incorporated to give learners practical insights.

This course offers a deep dive into the world of software architecture. It’s designed to equip software developers and architect...Show More

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

An understanding of the fundamentals of software architecture and its role in agile development

Working knowledge of quality attributes and requirements in software architecture across various application types and their architectural frames

The ability to make informed architectural decisions, selecting the most appropriate architectural styles and patterns

An understanding of modern web architecture concepts to design web applications for enhanced user experiences

An understanding of the fundamentals of software architecture and its role in agile development

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

Python

Software Architecture

Web Architecture

Content

66 Lessons2 Projects15 Quizzes1 Assessment

Getting Started

5 Lessons

Get familiar with software architecture in web applications, Agile methods, and modern web app characteristics.

About This Course

What Is Software Architecture?

Software Architecture in Agile Methods

Characteristics of a Modern Web Application

Quiz: Getting Started

The Architecture Meta-Frame

4 Lessons

Get started with understanding the architecture meta-frame, quality attributes, and application types.

Introduction to the Architecture Meta-Frame

Quality Attributes, Requirements, and Architectural Styles

Application Types and Architectural Frame

Quiz: The Architectural Meta-Frame

Architectural Styles and Strategies

22 Lessons

Examine various architectural patterns and strategies, addressing their structures, advantages, and challenges.

Architectural Styles and Strategies

Assessment

Scalability

5 Lessons

Break down complex ideas on achieving efficient scalability in software architecture.

Availability

4 Lessons

Solve problems in maintaining high system availability through redundancy, failover, and clustering.

Load Balancing

6 Lessons

Focus on distributing workloads using various algorithms for performance and fault tolerance.

A Basic Load Balancer

Project

Security

5 Lessons

Learn how to improve security measures, recognize threats, and conduct effective security tests.

Caching

3 Lessons

Learn how to use caching to boost application performance and efficiency.

Web Architecture

7 Lessons

Walk through web architecture types, REST API, SOAP, WebSockets, HTTP methods, Ajax, and jQuery.

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Case Studies

4 Lessons

Work your way through visual collaboration tools and CRM system architecture design.

A Basic MVC Data Flow

Project

11.

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of designing robust software systems through essential principles and patterns.

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

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