Software Architecture Videos and Tutorials
Which web application development framework to use?. Simplicity, productivity, ability to deliver high quality of service (QoS), especially performance and scalability (can’t ignore that when you’re talking about 200,000+ users and expect high concurrency!) were our top criteria for framework selection. After considerable research on state-of-the-art, we zeroed in on …
Computer science is built on a shaky tower of abstractions, but we’ve been distracted by other things until we believe it is reality. And we’ve imposed this on our users in ways we no longer even realize. Yet as developers we have two users: the mechanical users of our software, …
Nygaard and Dahl invented Simula’s classes and objects to master complex problems. Alan Kay invented object orientation (OO) with its networks of communicating objects to facilitate simple and powerful mental models. His goal was to make computers and programming comprehensible to children of all ages. Mainstream programmers missed the importance …
This video discusses how to use JavaScript frameworks, particularly Backbone.js, with Rails. Web apps have been getting more JavaScript-heavy and nested piles of callbacks are no fun. Backbone is a backend-agnostic library that helps you impose an MVC flavor on your JavaScript. This talk covers the basic components of Backbone …
This video presents the Mikado Method, a systematic approach to beat the Legacy Software Hydra and change the code in a safe way. The Mikado Method enables continuous delivery, and it enhances team communication, collaboration and learning, helping individuals stay on track. You will practice to visualize, prepare and perform …
Dan North offers several strategies to help you improve your software architecture decision-making. Software architecture isn’t just the static “shape” of your software. It’s the set of decisions that define it, enabling – or inhibiting – change, evolution and improvement over time. It is also the decisions about how you …
