Software and Solution Architecture Foundations
This chapter introduces you to the foundations of software and solution architecture. You will learn about the concepts and choices involved in architecting successful software solutions.
The goal of this chapter is not to teach you all the details of every architecture. Instead, the goal of this chapter is to introduce you to the key concepts of the most common architectures, styles, and methodologies, ensuring that you can participate in team discussions and understand why a team leader or manager decided to use a particular architecture for the project you are working on.
By learning about multiple architectures, you will see commonalities between them and the subtle pros and cons of each.
This chapter covers the following topics:
- Introducing software and solution architecture
- Uncle Bob’s Clean Architecture
- Diagramming design using Mermaid
