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About the Course

The way that software components — subroutines, classes, functions, etc. — are arranged, and the interactions between them, is called architecture. In this course you will study the ways these architectures are represented, both in UML and other visual tools. We will introduce the most common architectures, their qualities, and tradeoffs. We will talk about how architectures are evaluated, what makes a good architecture, and an architecture can be improved. We'll also talk about how the architecture touches on the process of software development. In the Capstone Project you will document a Java-based Android application with UML diagrams and analyze evaluate the application’s architecture using the Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM). After completing this course, you will be able to: • Compare and contrast the components, connections, protocols, topologies, constraints, tradeoffs, and variations of different types of architectural styles used in the design of applications and systems (e.g., main program and subroutine, object-oriented, interpreters, pipes and filters, database centric, event-based). • Describe the properties of layered and n-tier architectures. • Create UML ipackage, component, and deployment diagrams to express the architectural structure of a system. • Explain the behaviour of a system using UML activity diagrams. • Document a multi-application system with a layered architecture....

Top reviews

CS

Dec 23, 2019

This is a excellent course for Software architects, addressing all key areas needed in the field. Good content, definitely recommend this course for anyone aspiring to be a Software architect.

MA

Jul 21, 2021

This course integrates the previous courses (Object oriented design and Design patterns) and applies the knowledge taught in those courses to real life problems. Highly recommended.

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By Paulo S

Nov 9, 2023

A well structured course. Good job!

By Akib B H F 2

Jun 21, 2022

Good Course for developing.

By Medet T

Oct 23, 2021

Курс был очень полезно !!!!

By RAJIN S M A R S M A

Oct 18, 2023

good and helpfull

By Felype J P F

Aug 21, 2023

Curso incrivel

By José L C H

Jan 24, 2022

Great course!

By Julia M

Dec 21, 2021

Great content!

By Md. T M S

Jun 12, 2022

great course

By Joy B

Nov 27, 2023

Good course

By Denis

Nov 14, 2023

good course

By Mohith S

Nov 8, 2022

Thanks Boss

By Жеңіс К

Sep 26, 2021

good course

By TANVIRUL I 1

Aug 23, 2021

Excellent

By Israt J S 1

Aug 20, 2021

love this

By Lyra E F D

Mar 11, 2023

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By Mohammad R B

Aug 5, 2022

Great!

By ABDULAZIZ S S A A S S A

Jan 29, 2023

good

By Fahim S 2

Jun 29, 2022

Good

By SR S

Aug 21, 2021

good

By Md. F R 1

Aug 20, 2021

good

By SAWVIK R A 1

Aug 20, 2021

Good

By ASMA F L A A F L A

Dec 5, 2023

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By Facundo F T

Jul 2, 2023

This course provides useful concepts on software architecture but is very superficial, is recommended for upcoming architects.

It would be a plus if focusing on real world scenarios or more advanced examples on how to use the described concepts and strategies.

In my case that I'm a beginner the course is very short. But in general, al important themes where covered, especially the Architecture Trade-off Analysis Method (ATAM) and MAPE-K structure.

By boody g

Dec 28, 2023

great course and well designed. i wish more practical examples was explained in the videos such as the sharing app, to be taken as a case study and analyzed from scratch to define its components and understand its structure ... etc. sometimes i feel real life examples such as building and pizza ..etc are helpful to some extent, but don't accurately give the needed level of understanding.

By Diego A H M

Sep 26, 2021

me gusto mucho la sección de estilos arquitectónicos y diagrama de componentes, no fue claro la parte de atributos de calidad y Metodo ATAM , para análisis de disemio