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Architectural Design
We now dive into our discussion of architecture design, a complex and much misunderstood topic. We will spend time talking about what it is, why it is important, how it works (at an abstract level), and which major concepts and activities it involves. We will also discuss architectural drivers: the various factors that “drive” design decisions, some of which may be documented as requirements, but many of which will not be.
Why Read This Chapter?
Design is the core concept of this book. Designs can be arbitrarily complex but you can’t possibly deal with all of the complexity all of the time. This chapter gives you a way to think about design decisions at different levels of abstraction, which is key to taming the complexity. ...
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