Application Architecture Guide 2.0 BETA 1 - Willy .Net

Fast Track - A Guide for Getting Started and Applying the
Guidance
Summary
This “fast track” chapter highlights the basic approach taken by this guide to help you design
and architect layered applications across a variety of application types and architecture styles.
Use this chapter to understand the basic approach, application types, architecture styles, the
quality attributes that impact application design, and the key engineering decisions to consider
when designing application architecture.
Objectives
• Understand the key components of this guide.
• Learn about the exemplar layered application style.
• Learn the steps you should follow when beginning your design.
• Learn about the main application types and architectural styles.
• Learn the quality attributes and understand the engineering hot-spots that are important
when designing an application.
Architecture Meta Frame
The following schematic shows the main elements of this guide.
App Types
Architecture Styles
Scenarios
Quality Attributes
Requirements / Constraints
Mobile
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
RIA
Rich Client
Service
Web Application
N ...
Client Server
Component-Based
Layered
Architecture
Architecture Frame
Caching
q Layering
Communication
q Logging and Instrumentation
Concurrency and Transactions
q State Management
Configuration Management
q Structure
Coupling and Cohesion
q Validation
Data Access
q Workflow
Exception Management
Message Bus
MVC Architecture
N-Tier
Object-Oriented
SOA
N ...
Use the architecture meta-frame to help you stay on track throughout this guide. The metaframe
contains the following key components:
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