Architecture considerations
Below are the concerns of the architect. There are so many concerns because architecture can be applied to so many different industries and levels within an organization.
Category Archives: Software Architecture
What is architecture?, what is design?
Architecture vs Design Often people look at these two topics – architecture and design and think the two look similar and so they can be done by the same individual. As a result the role of technical lead and architect gets merged. Many software architects start of their lives as technical leads due to this misconception.
Considerations for GDPR in system design
GDPR or General Data Protection Regulation is a European law relating to the security and data privacy of an individuals information relating to his identity. The law will come in effect on 25 May 2018.
Volatility based design
In my previous article I discussed why projects usually become un-maintainable. I will continue on this article to show how to design a system to limit coupling and thereby decreased the complexity and increase the speed at which software can be delivered.
Coding standards wont save your project!
As developers we are taught that the lack of coding standards are the reason for project failures. The majority of us blindly believe it without really examining if this is the truth. Coding standards and process are usually the first thing that management wants to review when a project starts to show any of the… Read More »
My week of TOGAF training.
I spent the last week on a TOGAF 9.1 course in the hope that it will assist me with furthering my career by moving out of the developer role and moving myself further down the road to become a security / infrastructure architect – roles that I already partially fulfill. Why? After 19 years of coding I… Read More »
The architect.
Where does architecture start? Something that is always present in the role of architect is that of project management. Architecture should start at the executive level of a company where the strategy (“what”) is discussed. That mean the top most architect reports to the executive, you may have domain expert architects placed within diffrent departments.… Read More »
How to become a software architect.
How to become a software architect? How to guide your career? No one can explain this better than Juval Lowy. No one is going to make you a architect. It is something you have to chase, align your life, your career and focus on becoming an architect.
Crash course in setting up transactions for WCF
In this article i will touch on the areas that need to be configured for transactions in WCF. I will also discuss the attributes and attempt to explain how each one might affect the other. So lets start, what is transaction?
Overview of a tiered application architecture
An approach to create physical division of activities as separate standalone processes called tiers. Tiers might contain multiple layers.