Software Architecture

The characteristics of intelligent hardware architecture are the same characteristics that you should focus on when designing your software. There are many principles that apply to every Web scripting language and application environment, and in fact, an experienced Web developer can apply these principles to any Web application.

Reliability

Reliability is more difficult to achieve with software than hardware simply because an error in your application cannot be resolved with redundancy; it can only be resolved with a fix. Thus, reliability with regard to software architecture is achieved by employing a design that results in the fewest possible errors.

The focus of your software design should always be to use the simplest ...

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