Software Architecture Schedule

Quality Attributes

Simplicity
Modularity

Topics

Course Overview Slides
Software Architecture Handout Slides
- What is Software Architecture?
- High Quality Software
- Quality Attributes
Layered Architecture Handout Slides
- Monolith Architecture
- Layered Architecture
- Layered Design Principles

AWS Course Material: Cloud Foundations

Introduction
Module 1
Module 2 (skim)
Modules 3 - 5

Readings from Software Architecture in Practice 4^th edition

Chapter 1 (skim section 1.2)
Chapter 2
Chapter 3

Case Study Session

No Case Study Session this week.

Practical Worksheet Worksheet (HTML)

HTTP APIs
REST
Flask

February 24th - February 28th

Quality Attributes

Security

Topics

Security Principles Handout Slides Lecture Recording
- Guiding Security Principles
- Security Practices
Architectural Views Handout Slides
- C4 Model C4 Model
- Software Architecture in Practice Views
- 4+1 Views
Architecture Decision Records Handout Slides
Pipeline Architecture Handout Slides

AWS Course Material: Cloud Foundations

Modules 6 - 10

Readings from Software Architecture in Practice 4^th edition

Chapter 1 (section 1.2)
Chapter 11
Chapter 19

Case Study Session Brief Resulting Diagram

Codegram

Practical Worksheet Worksheet (HTML)

Object Relational Mapping.
SQLAlchemy.
Migrations.
Testing HTTP APIs

March 3rd - March7th

Quality Attributes

Extensibility
Interoperability
Modifiability

Topics

Containers Handout Slides
Microkernel Architecture Handout Slides Overview Video Detailed Video
- Media Server Example C4 Model
- Technical vs Domain Partitioning

AWS Course Material: Cloud Architecting

Modules 1 & 2

AWS Course Material: Cloud Developing

Module 1, 2 & 8 (just introduction to Docker containers)

Readings from Software Architecture in Practice 4^th edition

Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 16

Case Study Session Brief

MicroForecast

Practical Worksheet Worksheet (HTML)

Docker
Docker Compose

Assessment

Scalability assignment released this week. Specification
Project proposal assignment released this week. Specification Video Intro
Case study presentation assignment released this week. Specification

March 4th - March 8th

Quality Attributes

Deployability

Topics

Service-Based Architecture Handout Slides
Infrastructure as Code (Guest Lecture by Damian MacLennan) Handout Slides
- Terraform Demo Terraform Code

AWS Course Material: Cloud Architecting

Modules 3 & 4

Readings from Software Architecture in Practice 4^th edition

Chapter 5
Chapter 17

Case Study Session Brief C4 Model

yLearn

Practical Worksheet Worksheet (HTML)

AWS
Terraform

Assessment

Continue working on project proposal.
API Functionality is due next week.
Continue working on case study.

March 17th - March 21st

Quality Attributes

Reliability

Topics

Distributed Systems I Handout Slides
- Fallacies of Distributed Computing
- Reliability and Fault Tolerance
- Simple Scaling
Microkernel Architecture (continued) Slides
- Media Server Case Study C4 Model

AWS Course Material: Cloud Architecting

Module 5
Modules 6 - 8 (skim)

Readings from Software Architecture in Practice 4^th edition

Chapter 4
Chapter 21

Case Study Session Brief

DevOps

Practical Worksheet Worksheet (HTML)

Deploying RDS on AWS using Terraform
Deploying HTTP API on AWS using Terraform
Using a container repository

Assessment

Continue working on case study.
Project proposal due next week.
API Functionality due on Monday, next week.
Start working on Deploy to Cloud.

March 24th - March 28th

Quality Attributes

Scalability

Topics

Event-driven Architecture Handout Slides
Distributed Systems II Handout Slides
- Replications
- Partitioning
- Transactions

AWS Course Material: Cloud Architecting

Modules 9 & 10
Module 11 (skim)

Readings from Software Architecture in Practice 4^th edition

Chapter 9
Chapter 22

Case Study Session Specification

Draft Architecture Models

Practical Worksheet Worksheet (HTML)

Load Balancers
Auto Scaling

Assessment

API Functionality due on Monday.
Opportunity to show draft architecture model of your case study in Wednesday Case Study session.
Continue working on Deploy to Cloud.
Project proposal due on Thursday.

March 31st - April 4th

Quality Attributes

Scalability (continued)

Topics

Microservices Architecture (Guest Lecture by Damian MacLennan) Damian Slides

AWS Course Material: Cloud Architecting

Module 12

Readings from Software Architecture in Practice 4^th edition

Chapter 6
Chapter 20

Case Study Session Brief

Eventual Broker

Practical

Cloud Deployment Assignment Help

Assessment

Project proposal voting due next Monday.
Deploy to Cloud due on Friday.
Continue working on case study.

April 7th - April 11th

Quality Attributes

Scalability (continued)
Maintainability

Topics

Microservices Architecture (cont.) Slides
Distributed Systems II (continued) Handout Slides
- Replications
- Partitioning
- Transactions

AWS Course Material: Cloud Architecting

Module 13 (skim Lambdas)

Readings from Software Architecture in Practice 4^th edition

Chapter 10

Case Study Session Brief

Scalable Text-to-Speech

Practical Worksheet — Load Testing Worksheet (HTML) — Load Testing Worksheet — Queues Worksheet (HTML) — Queues

Queues
Worker Queues
Logging
Load Testing
Bottlenecks

Assessment

Continue working on case study.
Start working on Scalable Application.
Project proposal voting due on Monday.

April 14th - April 18th

Mid-Semester Break

April 21st - April 25th

Quality Attributes

Scalability (continued)

Topics

Monitoring & Logging (Guest Lecture by Larene Le Gassick) Slides
Distributed Systems II (continued) Handout Slides
- Replications
- Partitioning
- Transactions

AWS Course Material: Cloud Architecting

Module 14 (skim)

Readings from Software Architecture in Practice 4^th edition

Chapter 12

Case Study Session

Monitoring & Logging

Practical

Meet Your Project Team
Scalable Application Assignment Help

Assessment

Continue working on case study.
Scalable Application due next week.
Start working on the project.

April 28th - May 2nd

Quality Attributes

Scalability (continued)

Topics

Distributed Systems III Handout Slides
- Consensus
- Consistency
- Fault Tolerance
- Distributed Transactions
Technical Documentation (Guest Lecture by Anna Truffet from Google) Slides

Case Study Session

Presentations
Cloud Infrastructure Assignment Q&A Session

Practical

Presentations
Project Team Meetings

Assessment

Case study presentations start this week.
Scalable Application due on Friday.
Continue working on the project.

May 5th - May 9th

Quality Attributes

Scalability
Extensibility
Deployability

Topics

Distributed Systems III Handout Slides
- Consensus
- Consistency
- Fault Tolerance
- Distributed Transactions
Serverless Architecture Slides

Case Study Session

Presentations

Practical

Presentations
Project Team Meetings

Assessment

Case study presentations continue this week.
Continue working on the project.

May 12th - May 16th

Quality Attributes

Scalability
Evolvability
Interoperability
Security

Topics

Deployment Strategies Slides
- Release Branching
- Recreate Deployment
- Rolling Deployment
- Blue/green Deployment
- Canary Deployment
- A/B Deployment
- Shadow Deployment
Data Unleashed (Guest Lecture by Bronwen Zande)

Case Study Session

Presentations

Practical

Presentations
Project Team Meetings

Assessment

Case study presentations continue this week.
Continue working on the project.

May 19th - May 23rd

Quality Attributes

Maintainability

Topics

Decomposing Monoliths Slides
Soft Skills for Architects Slides
- Leveraging Conway's Law
- Breadth over Depth
Software Engineering Research

Case Study Session

Presentations

Practical

Presentations
Project Team Meetings

Assessment

Case study presentations continue this week.
Continue working on the project — due June 3.

May 26th - May 30th

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