Architecture

Top 10 SOA Pitfalls: Wrap-up

The Top 10 SOA Pitfalls countdown hit #1 last week with Rik de Groot's post on "Ignoring culture when introducing SOA", time for a wrap-up.

0 replies - 1321 views - 07/14/08 by gerovermaas in Articles

Defining & Testing Java Application Architectures with ztest.org

One of the important aspects of software systems is architecture.Every software application has an inner structure, defined by the classes it contains and the...

0 replies - 1540 views - 07/12/08 by Gerd Ziegler in Articles

Top Down SOA: Aligning Business Functions

We constantly hear about SOA and its value to the enterprise and, today, there is certainly something called SOA-hype.  Like all hype, the real value gets...

0 replies - 236 views - 07/01/08 by Aslam Khan in Articles

Top 10 SOA Pitfalls: #4 - Incorrectly applied Canonical Data Model

Earlier this week Vincent explained the BDUF Pitfall en this week we’ll continue with #4: Incorrectly applied Canonical Data Model (CDM).CDM is one of the...

0 replies - 1382 views - 06/26/08 by gerovermaas in Articles

Top 10 SOA Pitfalls: #5 - Big Design Up Front

A few days ago Rik de Groot discussed pitfall #6 - which means we've now passed the halfway point of SOA Pitfall countdown! Let's quickly move on to #5.

0 replies - 1276 views - 06/24/08 by vpartington in Articles

An Introduction to Software Factories

In this article, Gunther Lenz, Microsoft ISV Architect Evangelist, introduces Software Factories from the perspective of a small to medium size software...

0 replies - 2192 views - 06/17/08 by guntherlenz in Articles

Top 10 SOA Pitfalls: #7 - Incorrect granularity of services

After discussing #8: Security, let's move on to #7.Incorrect granularity could mean that a service covers too much functionality or too little functionality....

1 replies - 1892 views - 06/17/08 by gerovermaas in Articles

Upload Files Like Gmail - Client Side Gmail Architecture Part 2

In this follow up to the very popular first part of the Gmail Client Side Architecture series we will be looking at how Google handles the file upload process...

0 replies - 3534 views - 06/16/08 by Schalk Neethling in News

Introducing the A-* Stack

There are so many frameworks, architectural styles, tool stacks from which to choose. Perhaps, there are too many. Yet none of them are able to solve all...

0 replies - 2191 views - 06/04/08 by Aslam Khan in Articles

Top 10 SOA Pitfalls: #10 - Not Invented Here syndrome

At Xebia we are involved in quite a number of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) projects, from small to big. In that capacity we see a lot of good stuff...

0 replies - 3013 views - 06/02/08 by vpartington in News

12 Things You Should Know About REST and WOA

There have been a number of interesting tracts written lately about that increasingly popular topic in the world of SOA and Web services: REST.

0 replies - 1868 views - 04/09/08 by Dion Hinchcliffe in Articles

Future of Architecture: The Template

I remember like it was yesterday the day I was sitting at my desk back in 2005, watching the now famous Ruby on Rails screencast on how to create a blog in 15...

2 replies - 2476 views - 04/07/08 by Steven Devijver in News

Architect's Dilemma: Designing Up-Front?

Do you ever feel that sometimes designing up-front makes sense? Does it feel like a more organized, more controllable way of working? Does it ever make sense...

6 replies - 1086 views - 02/15/08 by Steven Devijver in News

The YAGNI Argument (You Ain't Gonna Need It)

One of the biggest challenges for any architect to overcome is the YAGNI argument - You Ain't Gonna Need It. YAGNI says: there may be value in having this...

2 replies - 1591 views - 02/14/08 by Steven Devijver in News