Fundamentals of Software Architecture, 2nd Edition

Table of contents

1. Brief Table of Contents (Not Yet Final)
2. I. Foundations
3. 1. Architectural Thinking
   1. Architecture Versus Design
      1. Strategic versus Tactical Decisions
      2. Level of Effort
      3. Significance of Trade-offs
   2. Technical Breadth
   3. Analyzing Trade-Offs
   4. Understanding Business Drivers
   5. Balancing Architecture and Hands-On Coding
   6. There’s More to Architectural Thinking
4. 2. Modularity
   1. Modularity Versus Granularity
   2. Defining Modularity
   3. Measuring modularity
      1. Cohesion
      2. Coupling
      3. Metrics: Abstractness, Instability, and Normalized Distance from the Main Sequence
      4. Distance from the Main Sequence
      5. Connascence
   4. From Modules to Components
5. II. Architecture Styles
6. 3. Orchestration-Driven Service-Oriented Architecture
   1. Topology
      1. Taxonomy
      2. Reuse… and coupling
   2. Style specifics
   3. Data topologies for orchestration-driven SOA
   4. Cloud considerations for orchestration-driven SOA
   5. Governing orchestration-driven SOA
   6. Common risks for orchestration-driven SOA
   7. Team topologies considerations
   8. Style characteristics
   9. Examples and use cases
7. III. Techniques and Soft Skills
8. 4. Architectural Decisions
   1. Architectural Decision Antipatterns
      1. The Covering Your Assets antipattern
      2. Groundhog Day antipattern
      3. Email-Driven Architecture antipattern
   2. Architectural Significance
   3. Architectural Decision Records
      1. Basic Structure
      2. Example
      3. Storing ADRs
      4. ADRs as Documentation
      5. Using ADRs for Standards
      6. Using ADRs with Existing Systems
      7. Leveraging Generative AI and LLMs in Architectural Decisions
9. About the Authors