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"Coding the Architecture" is a website and community for hands-on, pragmatic software architects. Here you'll find content and discussion about architecture and the role of an architect, along with our experiences of undertaking that role. Read more...

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Rich Internet Applications

Download the slides from our August London user group about Flex, Silverlight and JavaFX.

Software Architect 2008

We were speakers at, and community sponsors of Software Architect 2008
(3rd-5th June 2008, London). Here are the slides from our conference sessions.

Community

London User Group : See details about our previous sessions and download slides.
Google Group : Sign-up for discussion related to software architecture.
Facebook group : If you're on Facebook, join our group and see who else is interested in software architecture near you.

Essays from the book

What is architecture?
Towards a definition of architecture
Types of architecture
Treat enterprise architectures with a pinch of salt
Mind the gap
Reducing the gap between software developers and software architects

Recent Blog Entries

How do you maintain your coding skills?
Jason Chambers has a great blog entry called Do Architects need coding skills?, which talks about why architects need to be able to code. Given that this site is called Coding the Architecture, our thoughts on this will come as no surprise. In addition ...
London User Group - August 2008
Here are the details of the August London User Group. Title : Flex, Silverlight or JavaFX - which should you choose? Summary : Rich Internet Applications are a hot topic at the moment; with Adobe, Microsoft and Sun vying for your attention in a ...
Mind the gap again
I did some technical consulting/due diligence on a large software development project recently where I'd been called in to look at how the project team was dealing with some of the non-functional requirements. I'm not sure exactly how large the project ...

[Training] From Developer to Architect (London, 2nd/3rd September).

A two day software architecture training course is now available through Skills Matter.

Sergio Annecchiarico

Having worked as a consultant on projects in the investment banking sector for a number of years, Sergio has occasionally dabbled with the role of technical architect. Now a developer working at an investment bank, chiseling out the codes. Which is nice.

E-mail : sergio.annecchiarico at codingthearchitecture.com

Recent Blog Entries
1	Where's the coffee machine? I have recently moved into a technical architect role at a new client. Over the last month or so, I have asked lots of questions. Here are some that I found particularly useful... Who is that? - I always ask for a new client's organisation chart, or ...	16-Nov-2007