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The high-level design and description of a software system. Architectural design distills away details of implementations, algorithms, and data representation to concentrate on the interaction of "black box" components.
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Communication between microservices - distinguishing internal calls safely
I am rearchitecturing and rewriting my monolithic BaaS solution into microservices regarding to scalability and single responsibility rules. Due to the internal dependencies, services are placed on ...
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Using static methods in layered architecture
In layered architecture does it matter where static methods go? Or is it the architect deciding this? For example can the DAL be static to cache records and perform smart data retrieval at the ...
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Onion architecture and independence
Trying to understand onion architecture. As I understand it, there is different opinions about the names of the layers.
In this post I refer to the layers as: infrastructure -> api -> domain ...
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Where should I do localization (server-side or client-side)?
I am currently developing a new web application based on a rich JavaScript client which communicates with multiple REST web services on my server. That application is intended to be used in at least ...
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Should I user NoSQL or HDFS for storage?
I have millions of tweets currently stored in HDFS and I plan to analyze them from Spark, however, do not know if there is any benefit in using a database instead of HDFS for handling data.
There is ...
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MVC Architecture: How to generate a view-model that is displayed on every page
I have been building a greenfield application. It is three layer (data-access, domain-models, presentation) with the presentation layer being VMVC. This is the cleanest application I've ever built by ...
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DDD: Creating reusable modules and service type distinctions (Domain, Infrastructure, Application)
So after reading "Implementing Domain-Driven Design by Vaughn Vernon" I've decided to refactor my code for better re usability by isolating what I believe to be core domain concepts into separate ...
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In the MVP pattern, the Presenter must control the call flow of Model methods?
I have a Presenter ( RoomPresenter) and a Model ( RoomModel). My RoomModel have some methods like:
void createRoom(RoomData roomData, List<User> users)
void addUsersToRoom(int roomId, ...
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Architecting a middle-tier enterprise system
I am a software developer with limited exposure to designing larger systems.
I am interested in determining some common techniques, maybe even common diagrams, to help me complete the design of a ...
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Incorporating external web services in Java/Spring web app
With traditional Java/Spring web apps, I've historically used an JEE architecture where there's a domain tier and a web tier. The web tier mostly contains web controllers. The domain tier includes ...
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What is meant by “Call Stack” in the context of an OWASP review?
I am studying the OWASP Level 2 review measures and methodology. I am applying this to a software I am designing and developing now, so the goal is to write the software the proper way so that it will ...
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Investigating in a highly distributed environment [closed]
I was asked this by an interviewer today and unfortunately he wouldn't share the kind of answer he was looking for so I'm hoping maybe the community can help.
Say you're an engineer at company X and ...
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Circular Reference Between Data And Model Classes
I have my C# project separated in several projects, so each will become a separate .dll after.
I have one project for my Model and one for my Data. Model is responsible for Business Logic and ...
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Angular JS vs Modern MVC frameworks
I might be wrong for some things here, but here is what I recently though about.
Modern frameworks MVC such as ASP.NET MVC 5, CakePHP, Java Spring etc. has their logic clearly separated into Models ...
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User browser, WebSockets, server C#/MVC, game
Moving a windows desktop game to a web server based one. User will use a modern web browser and communicate with the server via WebSockets (SignalR). Server runs .Net4.5/MVC - ie stateless. Game ...
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Where can I find software project deliverables/ documents to help me professionally document my projects? [closed]
Hie guys. I have never been employed in the software development industry and when I do projects I usually just draw non-standard diagrams or used use case diagrams and class diagrams. This time a ...
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Deciding on a Portable Platform (given a set of requirements)
Background
Before asking this question, I researched this site and found the following 3 most similar questions have already been asked:
When would using a scripting language within a larger program ...
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What kind of architecture or design can be made for communication within an ecosystem of apps?
Say one concentrates on developing apps each focused on a specific purposes to simplistic perfection instead of writing one monolithic app.
These apps might share some features which could themselves ...
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When designing a directory structure should filenames include folder names?
Suppose I have two directories: house-1 and house-2. Each house directory needs to have files describing its windows and doors.
I am trying to understand how to name the files and directories. My ...
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In MVP pattern should the View instantiate a Model object based on UI contents, or just pass these contents as parameters to the Presenter?
I'm using MVP pattern in an android app that I'm developing.
I have basically 4 elements:
The AddUserView where a new user can be added:
The AddUserPresenter
The UserInfo (the pojo)
The ...
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Modeling a multi-channel communication device in C#
Background
We (my coworkers and I) are architecting a high level C# API to interact with a hardware device's native Windows DLL.
First I will discuss the hardware-architecture, then get to the ...
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Which way are downstream and upstream services?
For a system that consist of multiple services calling each other (e.g. Front End -> Backend -> Storage), I often heard people using terminology such as "downstream" or "upstream" services. I'm not ...
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Software Design, a fitting Design Pattern?
Currently we need to interface with a REST API. The only problem we have implementing this is choosing the right approach.
We’ve done this by using Resources – for example a Photo Resource that has ...
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When should I nest one module inside another?
Assume I'm working on a JavaScript application and make extensive use of the module pattern with one file per module. Now suppose I have two folders/modules: one for module A and another for module B. ...
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Architecture question about MQTT
I'm implementing a solution for IoT/home automation, starting first test on my house...
Is going to use MQTT to exchange messages using a central broker model.
This are the components: cloud server, ...
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Reasons not to have flexible role management system
Our .NET web application has the ability to add roles dynamically and assign functionalities (we define them in an application enum) to that role. So those functionalities are defined by us (our ...
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What is the value proposition of “build, release, run”?
When I read factor V of the Twelve-Factor App I see only one clear and obvious end result being described:
it is impossible to make changes to the code at runtime
Perhaps it is supposed to be ...
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What's the equation to use for finding availability in software architecture?
I was trying to solve the following question in software architecture.
A software system crashed 20 times in an year and for each crash, it takes 2 minutes to restart. Calculate availability in ...
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Where to put User Interface/Domain Model manipulation logic (transferring data from the view to Domain Model)
We are starting on a greenfield project in ASP.NET MVC. I've used the MVC pattern in other stacks (PHP and Ruby) and I keep running into the same problems of where to place business logic, UI logic, ...
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How to pick sequential item IDs and avoiding a clash
Say for example I was running a popular image host and all my images have an ID which they can be accessed by. If I wanted this ID to be sequential and not random what would be the best way to make ...
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Object reading from file, violation of SRP?
I am writing a physics simulation program in C++. I am a novice in OOP and C++.
In my program, several objects need to be initialized based on data from an input file.
For example, an imaginary ...
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How to refactor services into API, repository and caching (.NET)?
I am working on a .NET project with, which started out as a prototype that now has to scale. We have the ASP.NET MVC stack with Entity Framework (code first).
I would like to hear how to scale this ...
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CMS Design: Is multi-site a good idea?
I'm building a new CMS with Node.js, and I have a question.
Would adding WordPress-like multi-site support to the system be a good idea? Or should I let the user handle it via a reverse proxy like ...
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Converting our B2B application to SaaS need architecture advice
We have developed a small ERP application and the architecture right now is a 1-1 deployment/codebase for each client.
We are now trying to convert it to a SaaS solution and we have the following ...
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Code architecture for separate apps facilitating the same process
So I am at a cross roads with deciding on my integration strategy for a few of our business apps that play a role in a larger process. Being the only developer and never having to do this before leads ...
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Rearchitecture: EF Core as DAL, how should my BLL look like?
A little background:
Our system consists of a DB in SQL Server, a DAL layer using EF 6 (Database First, with a monstrous .edmx), a Web API 2 and MVC 5. The DB is very, very old and wasn't designed ...
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Who communicates with the database in MVC/MVP?
I am building a small application and want to save my business objects to a database.
I have my business objects and a model that acts as a container for my business objects and provides methods for ...
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How to build notification system in Azure
I have a system running in Azure that accepts messages via a REST endpoint. The customer has a certain number of devices that send some data for example temperature and we present this data in a web ...
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Architecture of approval process
I want to design an approval process for my work flow but I wonder if there is an architecrural pattern or desing pattern for this solution.
For example an engineer will create a work. And program ...
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Pros and Cons of odd iframe 'architecture'
I'm in the process of experimenting with ways of breaking up a large (and growing project). Currently, we're working with a big Angular application with what will soon be a large number of components.
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Web server facilitating a TCP handshake between two native apps behind typical home firewalls
I currently have two parties set up:
typical HTTP web server
native app distributed to consumers (presumably behind typical home router/firewall configuration)
The app is designed to work on ...
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Is it better to have one web app or multiple web apps
I am going to develop a server application to provide the functionality of a book keeping software in tomcat server. I can think of two ways to achieve this.
Creating a single web application - ...
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How should an entity that abstracts an external service do its operations?
I'm creating a system using some DDD principles and I'm stuck with a problem.
To give a bit more of context on what I'm trying to do, let me first describe what the system is about:
The ideia is to ...
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Scaling websocket client connections (not server) to multiple servers
I wrote a Slack bot which must connect to Slack teams through websocket connections. Since the bot might be used by thousands of team, I will eventually need to distribute the teams across multiple ...
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Concurrent languages and non-concurrent dependencies [closed]
We had a bug caused by ruby workers (4 processes, 1 thread each) doing batching records using a legacy mongodb as the store. The race condition was around whether the batch was full or not; with one ...
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Function pointers vs. Derived classes
So I have a Signal class and a client class which manages a list of Signal objects.
The class provides a bunch of interfaces, one of them is an update()-function.
The update()-code is completely ...
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Repositories, Gateways, Models and Architecture Questions
I am working with a Laravel project and I am looking for a way to solve the issue of bloated models and cross referencing between them.
I had started extracting higher level methods to a repository ...
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Do I require an external server for my new mobile app? Only minimal text content to change within my app every couple of weeks
I am about to submit my new app to the iOS App Store.
It's very simple. The app generates a random motivational quote and displays it onscreen. I have a database of 500 quotes now, stored in a plist ...
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Multi-screen MVVM architecture/design - Should my “screen” ViewModels contain sub-ViewModels?
I'm getting beyond a simple MVVM program now, and I'd just like to sense check my current architecture and makes sure I'm going down the right path here.
Everything is structured around screens, and ...
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Azure Active Directory
I am developing a suite of applications that will be hosted in Azure. Some apps will be for customer use (not public tho, i.e. invited/paid up customers) and some for internal employees.
For ...
