Software Architecture

Software architecture is very important, as its name say it, it is like making the plan for a building or a house, even a product and into creating software it is very important to know that software architecture is. This reading gave me an insight into what is a good architecture, why it is important for us engineers to be able to use a good architecture in our favor and according to the reading, the advantages having a good architecture gives us, like extension and modifications.

According to the reading there are several types of architectural styles, in this types the most important and used is Layered Architecture, overall there are several differences between architecture and design and this does not mean that one is more important than the other, it is very important to have a solid design and architecture is crucial into this.

By having a great architecture one can focus into more important things, and overall you have to care about less modules and this means that you will have less problems and more consistency around the project you are working on, this reading helped me realize that it is important to do software right from the beginning, and by having a good architecture and idea of how you want your software to work you will evade several problems and be more prepared to solve them when they appear

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