Links

Here’s some links that I often refer to (or just want for reference).  Items in each section are listed randomly – there is no implied ranking or importance.

Principles and Patterns

Some of these stem from object orientated design but can be scaled to work at a higher level of abstraction i.e. architecturally.

• Solid(object-oriented design)
  • Single Responsibility Principle
  • Open / Closed_Principle
  • Interface Segregation Principle
  • Dependency Inversion Principle also see Inversion of Control
• Common Closure Principle
• Common Reuse Principle
• Loose Coupling
• Facade
• Stable Dependencies Principle
• Stable Abstractions Principle
• Caching Patterns (Write-Through, Write-Behind, etc)

Architecture Resources

• The architects omnibus of links: http://www.bredemeyer.com/links.htm
• Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/our-work/software-architecture
• Wikipedia Definition of Software Architecture
• Tom Graves – some great materials from an slightly EA-centric lens:
  • https://www.youtube.com/@tetradian
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/tetradian/recent-activity/articles/

Architecture Methods and Frameworks

• The Architecture Journal (MSDN): Evaluating Application Architecture, Quantitatively
• Software Engineering Institute (Carnegie Mellon University)
  • ATAM
  • ARID (I particularly like the use of pseudo-code to test the architecture)
  • Architecture Documentation, Views and Beyond Approach
• Enterprise Architecture Frameworks: TOGAF and Zachman
• 4+1
• 5-Layer Architecture

Data Architecture (the dark arts)

• Data Warehouse
• Data Mart
• OLTP and OLAP
• Fact and Dimension (and Slowly Changing Dimension)
• Star Schema and Snowflake Schema
• Normalization and Denormalization

Quality Attributes & Non-Functional Stuff

• Non-Functional Requirement
• List of System Quality Attributes
• The following PDF articles are in a folder here:
  • Dictionary of Non-Functional Requirements
  • Architecural Cheat-Sheet

Architecture & Programming Books

• Martin Fowler: Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture (and here)
• Robert C Martin & Micah Martin: Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C#
• Luke Hohman: Beyond Software Architecture: Creating and Sustaining Winning Solutions
• Frederick Brooks: The Mythical Man-Month
• Steve McConnell: Code Complete, (Official Site)

UX / Usability

• Interaction Design Patterns
• Fitts’s Law

Security

• OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project)
• CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration project)
• SABSA (Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture framework)

.Net Reference

• Attributes
• Reflection

Blogs

• Wired: Danger Room
• Seth Godin
• WebMonkey

Laws

• Hanlon’s Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
• Niven’s Laws, specifically law 1 from Known Space.
• Clarke’s three laws, specifically law 3: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Misc

• List of .NET Dependency Injection Containers (IOC)
• Enterprise Libraries: Patterns & Practices, CodePlex
• List and Definitions of UML Connectors
• Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering
• An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments
• Roger Sessions / SIP / Complex Architectures: White Papers
• Bredemeyer Consulting – Resources for Software and Systems Architects

Personal

• http://morphfolia.codeplex.com/
• http://robomojo.codeplex.com/
• My Photography
• My Public OneDrive

Reading List

1. http://utzon.dk/the-importance-of-architects/
2. http://orgpatterns.wikispaces.com/ArchitectAlsoImplements
3. https://www.slideshare.net/Avisi_ASAS/keynote-asas-2014-jim-coplien-the-child-within