Application Architecture Fundamentals

In this series, Bob Tabor aggregates information from a dozen of the most important books on Software Architecture today and presents a fundamental set of principles, guidelines, patterns and practices you should follow on every project. The series mainly focuses on the Layered Architectural Pattern as a first steps towards mitigating the effects of change on your software development efforts. It explains vital principles such as Separation of Concerns, coupling, cohesion, DRY, YAGNI, dependency injection and much more. The goal: to impart the knowledge you need to build more robust enterprise applications.

Course Title Author Duration Topic(s)
Series Introduction Bob Tabor 00:09:11 Architecture
What is Architecture? Bob Tabor 00:17:59 Architecture
When and How Architecture Happens Bob Tabor 00:13:11 Architecture
Change is the Biggest Challenge in Software Development Bob Tabor 00:17:14 Architecture
Understanding the Layered Architecture Pattern Bob Tabor 00:20:08 Architecture
Understanding the Domain Layer Bob Tabor 00:17:01 Architecture
Understanding the Presentation Layer Bob Tabor 00:23:23 Architecture
Understanding the Persistence Layer Bob Tabor 00:24:09 Architecture
Understanding the Application Services Layer Bob Tabor 00:10:27 Architecture
Understanding the Web Services Layer Bob Tabor 00:21:42 Architecture
Chatty versus Chunky Layer Interactions Bob Tabor 00:07:16 Architecture
Designing Data Transfer Objects Bob Tabor 00:11:53 Architecture
Using Dependency Injection to Decouple Layers Bob Tabor 00:15:08 Architecture
Understanding Cross-Cutting Concerns Bob Tabor 00:11:37 Architecture
Architectural Spikes and Setting Up the Solution Bob Tabor 00:21:49 Architecture