http://www.codingthearchitecture.com/2006/02/15/what_is_architecture.html Here's a short definition of architecture that somebody made after a presentation Paul and I did last week. Architecture is the stuff that you can't refactor in an afternoon. I got a kind of "yeah, that's actually about right" feeling. What do you ... en Simon Brown Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:25:33 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.codingthearchitecture.com/2006/02/15/what_is_architecture.html#comment1237577133463 Instead of defining architecture by defining the areas of its non-inclusion architecture should be defined by what it compromises. very simply put, architecture is the design of a system to facilitate a goal or an outcome. Sarath http://www.codingthearchitecture.com/2006/02/15/what_is_architecture.html#comments http://www.codingthearchitecture.com/2006/02/15/what_is_architecture.html#comment1237577133463 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:25:33 GMT http://www.codingthearchitecture.com/2006/02/15/what_is_architecture.html#comment1141079737601 I'm not so sure I agree, although I see where you are coming from. To take an example, an afternoon gives me enough time to put together a skeleton web application built upon a framework and a handful of guiding principles. Fast forward a few months and this architecture becomes ingrained, which leads to the conclusion that you can't refactor it in an afternoon. Simon Brown http://www.codingthearchitecture.com/2006/02/15/what_is_architecture.html#comments http://www.codingthearchitecture.com/2006/02/15/what_is_architecture.html#comment1141079737601 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:35:37 GMT http://www.codingthearchitecture.com/2006/02/15/what_is_architecture.html#comment1140098678726 Architecture is also something you can't build in an afternoon as well. Eddie Chan http://www.codingthearchitecture.com/2006/02/15/what_is_architecture.html#comments http://www.codingthearchitecture.com/2006/02/15/what_is_architecture.html#comment1140098678726 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:04:38 GMT