Chapter 1
Software Architecture Basics
In This Chapter
- Understanding the basics of software architecture
- Finding the problem
- Identifying requirements
- Considering your software development style
The term software architecture means different things to different people. To the developer, it means the structure of the system being built. To the framework developer, it's the shape of the system that is created with the framework. To the tester, it's the shape of what needs to be tested. For all concerned, it's the high-level structure of the solution to a problem that the customer or client wants solved.
In this chapter, I explain the basics of software architecture — what it is and how you get started. Knowing the problem that you're solving and the important requirements of the system are also very important, and I help you get going with these tasks in this chapter. In Chapter 4, I explain how software patterns fit into the picture.
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