Chapter 14. SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE
Laying the Foundations of Software Design
Architecture is the art of how to waste space.
Go into a city. Stand in the middle of it. Look around. Unless you’ve picked an unusual place, you will be surrounded by a large number of buildings of varying ages and styles of construction. Some fit into their surroundings sympathetically. Others look totally out of place. Some are aesthetically pleasing and seem well proportioned. Others are downright ugly. Some will still be there in 100 years’ time. Many will not.
The architects who designed these buildings took a lot into consideration before they put pencil to paper. During the process of design, they worked carefully and methodically to ensure that the ...
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