August 2018
Beginner
594 pages
22h 33m
English
Content preview from Software Architect's Handbook
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Making incremental changes
One of the characteristics of an evolutionary architecture is that changes are made to the software system incrementally. Making incremental changes includes how we introduce changes to the system, how we build the system, and how the system is deployed.
In order to design an evolutionary architecture, we must make it easy to understand what is going on in the software system. The ease with which we can make a change is related to how much we understand the system. Making changes that are smaller in scope allows us to more easily understand what is being changed and reduces the risk of introducing a defect. It also makes it easier to code-review and test the changes that are being made to the system.
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