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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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How much architecture?

Watch the video from our September 2008 London User Group, where we tried to answer the question of how much architecture is enough architecture.

Essays from the book

What is architecture?
Towards a definition of architecture
Types of architecture
Treat enterprise architectures with a pinch of salt
The role of a hands-on software architect
What should a hands-on software architect do?
Mind the gap
Reducing the gap between software developers and software architects

Recent Blog Entries

Modifying Open Services
There's been a huge push recently towards service oriented architectures - sharing services within an organisation with benefits such as reuse and making information consistent. Take a simple example such as a catalogue of products for a furniture ...
The role of the Software Architect in successful projects
Admittedly the "Coding the Architecture" audience for this is probably kind of small (hi Dave!), but I'm presenting a session at the Jersey BCS in a few weeks entitled "The role of the Software Architect in successful projects". The IT industry has a ...
Becoming more architecturally aware - part 2
Last time I talked about how we need to understand how application frameworks are designed and work behind the scenes in order to produce code that is consistent and compliant with the overall architectural principles. The second aspect that we need to ...

Software architecture training : our two day "From Developer to Architect" training course is an interactive introduction to software architecture and aimed at software developers moving towards their first software architect role. Now available throughout Europe. Read more...

Essays for hands-on software architects

Here are the essays that are currently available.

Chapter 1 | What is Architecture?

What is architecture?
Towards a definition of architecture (Kevin Seal)
Types of architecture
Treat enterprise architectures with a pinch of salt (Kevin Seal)

Chapter 2 | About the Architect Role

The role of a hands-on software architect
What should a hands-on software architect do? (Simon Brown)

Chapter 3 | Non-functional Requirements

Chapter 4 | Technology Selection

Chapter 5 | Defining and Sharing an Architecture

Chapter 6 | Applying the Architecture

Chapter 7 | Software Architecture in the Real World

Mind the gap
Reducing the gap between software developers and software architects (Simon Brown)