Getting Started: Solution Architecture

Get started with the art of Solution Architecture

About This Course

No subject in software engineering will add more value to an engineer's skillset than having a good understanding and, eventually, mastery of the topic of solution architecture. It is the bedrock of everything we do; without it, we can't create good solutions, no matter how good our code is. The phrase "the right tool for the right job." rings true with solution architecture more than any other subject in engineering, and knowing when to choose the correct database or even the right technologies to build your solution reasonably, depends on a sound understanding of solution architecture. In this course, James Eastham, Senior Software Architect for Amazon Web Services (AWS), will introduce you to the concept of Solution Architecture and give you all the foundational knowledge you need to master the subject.

Course Curriculum

4h 47m 9 sections

Welcome

00:41

What will you learn in this course?

01:46

Who is the course for and prerequisites

01:01

Context For The Course

00:52

What is a software architect?

05:24

The Software Architect's Elevator

04:30

The importance of the business context

07:18

Optimizing for Change

06:03

Impact as an Architect

03:30

Defining Architecture Tenets

02:27

Systems Thinking

07:47

The Value Of Communication

03:00

Functional vs non-functional requirements

05:01

Gathering Functional Requirements

04:58

Architectural -ilities and understanding trade offs

07:19

Architect in characteristics

07:57

Modularity, Coupling and Cohesion

04:45

Customers & their Access Patterns

04:19

Monoliths

04:04

Layered Architecture

05:12

Hexagonal Architecture

05:54

Service Oriented Architecture

05:37

The Fallacies of Distributed Computing

04:20

Microservices

07:18

Why Choose Microservices

03:55

Adopting Microservices

05:26

Event Driven Architecture

07:06

Thinking Serverless First

04:42

Conway's Law and Aligning Architecture to the Organisation

08:57

Ocams Razor - Keep It Simple Stupid

04:21

Choosing the Appropriate Architecture

07:56

Thinking In Patterns

02:38

API First Design

04:50

Streaming Vs Batch Processing

06:33

Scaling Systems

08:47

Caching

08:46

Integration Styles

08:46

Messaging and Reactive Systems Design

07:55

Architect for Failure

07:33

Integrating with External Systems

05:46

Architecting Data

06:41

The Importance of Documentation

02:45

Architecture Decision Records

07:02

Documenting Use Cases

04:18

Architect in Patterns

04:47

The Importance Of Context

05:32

Context Mapping

06:29

The Importance Of Interoperability

06:24

Evolutionary as a default

03:22

The Importance of Observability

05:58

Fitness Functions

03:41

Human-Centric Architecture

04:04

Architecture In Practice

10:45

Meet Your Instructor

James Eastham

James Eastham

James Eastham is a Serverless Developer Advocate at Datadog and a Microsoft MVP. He has over 10 years of software experience at all layers of the software development process and has spoken at conferences all over the world. He answered phones in front-line support, administered databases, and built SSIS packages, as well as developed cloud-native backends with serverless technologies. He spent time at AWS working with some of the biggest companies on the planet, migrating workloads from data centers into the cloud and modernizing in the process. James produces content on YouTube focused on architecting and building applications with serverless technologies using .NET and Rust. He also has a strong interest in and expertise in event-driven architecture and building more loosely coupled systems.

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