Introduction to Application Architecture:
The essence and importance of application architecture Role of an application architect Historical perspective: Monolithic to microservices and beyond Architectural Patterns & Styles:
Layered (n-tier) architecture Event-driven architecture (EDA) Microservices architecture Service-oriented architecture (SOA) Domain-driven design (DDD) Model-View-Controller (MVC), Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM), and other design patterns Component-Based Design:
Modular development Design principles: SOLID, DRY, etc. Designing for reusability and maintainability Scalability & Performance:
Horizontal vs. vertical scaling Load balancing strategies Caching strategies: CDN, in-memory databases, application-level caching Cloud-Native Architectures:
Twelve-Factor App methodology Serverless architectures and functions as a service (FaaS) Container orchestration with tools like Kubernetes Resilience, Reliability, and Recovery:
Designing for fault tolerance Circuit breaker and bulkhead patterns Backup and disaster recovery strategies Security in Application Architecture:
Authentication and authorization strategies Securing APIs and microservices Threat modeling and secure design principles APIs in Modern Architecture:
RESTful services GraphQL API gateways and management State Management:
Stateful vs. stateless design Client-side vs. server-side state Distributed state and session management Event Sourcing and CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation):
Benefits and challenges Implementations and use cases Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery (CI/CD): The importance of CI/CD in application architecture Building a pipeline: Tools and best practices Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Monitoring, Logging, and Observability: Application performance monitoring (APM) tools Structured logging and centralized log management Distributed tracing and diagnostics Integration with External Systems: Webhooks, connectors, and adapters Asynchronous communication with message queues and event streams User Experience (UX) and Frontend Architectures: Single Page Applications (SPAs) and Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) Server-side rendering (SSR) vs. client-side rendering Mobile application architectures: native, hybrid, and cross-platform Emerging Trends & Technologies: Edge computing in application architecture AI/ML integrations and architectures Quantum computing’s potential impact Case Studies & Real-World Scenarios: Dissecting real-world application architecture challenges and solutions Lessons from successful and less-successful projects