Kenny Wong
The way that software components — subroutines, classes, functions, etc. — are arranged, and the interactions between them, is called architecture. In this course you will study the ways these architectures are represented, both in UML and other visual tools. We will introduce the most common architectures, their qualities, and tradeoffs. We will talk about how architectures are evaluated, what makes a good architecture, and an architecture can be improved. We’ll also talk about how the architecture touches on the process of software development. In the Capstone Project you will document a Java–based Android application with UML diagrams and analyze evaluate the application’s architecture using the Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM). After completing this course, you will be able to: – Compare and contrast the components, connections, protocols, topologies, constraints, tradeoffs, and variations of different types of architectural styles used in the design of applications and systems (e.g., main program and subroutine, object–oriented, interpreters, pipes and filters, database centric, event–based). – Describe the properties of layered and n–tier architectures. – Create UML ipackage, component, and deployment diagrams to express the architectural structure of a system. – Explain the behaviour of a system using UML activity diagrams. – Document a multi–application system with …
Instructor Details
Courses : 4
Specification: Software Architecture
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| Price | Free |
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| Duration | 13 hours |
| Year | 2017 |
| Level | Intermediate |
| Language | English |
| Certificate | Yes |
| Quizzes | Yes |
Cesar F C M –
Awesome
Evgeny P –
Good in general as an introductory course.
Peter H –
Really nice course.
Reza A –
Very boring.
Arek M –
Great material, handy for any architect. Reference architectures, ATAM, ASR were particularily useful.
Bruno T –
The course provides useful concepts on software architecture but is very superficial. Videos are short and only allow the instructor to give a brief overview on the topics, without focusing on real world scenarios or more advanced examples on how to use the described concepts and strategies. I recommend the course for the ones who do not know much about software architecture and are trying to grasp the initial concepts so they can start working in an architecture role, but developers on a senior level or who are already starting to work as an architect will not benefit that much from this course.
Dario I –
Good introduction, it helps to develop curiosity about the right topics
Xavier J –
Not enough examples were provided to demonstrate the required coursework; the particulars of the rubric didn’t match the assignment. Also, tying the assignments to an Android Studio project was overkill; the same principles could have been demonstrated with a SIMPLE java application.
Jerry F –
Excellent for basic concepts.
ABHIJEET T –
The course was very introductory and ATAM was explained very poorly !
Njokosi J K –
a w e s o m e c o u r s e
Zhou X –
It’s introduction of software architecture, mainly focus on basic concepts, lack of practical examples.
Yariel I R –
very good!
Paul A –
Excellent course, really good explanation and interesting evaluation methodology
Peter C –
Not as informative as the previous two courses in this specialization, although the links to free materials in the discussion boards helped a lot.
SUN H –
The ATAM is too abstract and difficult to manage after reading the course notes and watch the videos
Osmar S –
Very comprehensive course, but in my opinion it lacks some updates in terms of new concepts like serverless architecture and cloud in general.
Linwei Z –
a little bit abstract
Renato M –
The course must have more example from real life, it’ too theoric and the exams are very objective. Because of that It’s difficult to make them you think you can answer anything you want based on the content or in your experience, but as the grades are objective you can’t, you have to answer exactly what they thought you should write.
Cassio R S S –
Good content, except for the ATAM method which is too superficial.
Zayar S T –
Very Broad Expression about Architecture but I bit of difficult.
David Z –
Excellent course
Alexey P –
I think the course is much worse than Object Oriented Design and Design Patterns. Especially ATAM part. It’s too abstract, too hard for understanding and requires too much time. The benefits is not clear. And it seems that this process is rarely used in practice. Wasted time.
Eduardo I –
There are some important concepts, but I think this course don’t have the enough number of examples, in order to facilitate the assimilation of the concepts. But It is an good course
SHAIK S A –
VERY NICE AND CONCEPT ORIENTED
Ioan L –
Combining practical knowledge with the information from this course i succeed to see the big picture of software architecture. Nice work.
Light0617 –
great!
Flavio S d S –
Great
Schachaf a –
The explanations in the videos are very vague and not really help when doing the assignments. It was really hard to understand what to do in the assignments
Kamil K –
To little real life examples, and meaningfull feedback. Participant is on his own throughout the course.
Adrian A –
Good course I would definitely recommend it to my peers.
Genis T V –
As opposed to the excellent first course of the speciality, and the more than correct second course, which include deeply reasoned and exemplified lectures and constructive assignments, the third course is totally flawed: the content is supperficial, the assignments are on topics that have not been fully developped and their review criteria demand from the lecturer requirements that have not been explained. The fourth course seems a bit better, but I’d recommend anyone that enjoyed the first two courses to give some time to the course creators to invest on the last two courses and add some material, resources and assignments to really get a sense of pride and not a sense of having been cheated upon completion.
DIEGO M G R –
Nice!
Nguyen K T –
very useful
Saleh M –
The concepts taught in this course helped me apply them in practice during the development of projects at work. Highly recommended!
Manasa P –
Good course
VANKAYALAPATI S –
it was good experience
Sameer A –
Excellent course content. it’s worth spending time on this. Thanks to all the instructors.
Lorenzo C –
Useful introduction to software architecture.
Pavel T –
It’s hard but very interesting!
Cesar H –
Nice course!
Marton A –
What concepts did you find most relevant to your software development projects? I am an embedded SW arch and I found this course quite interesting. I found the part with the Diagrams very helpful and the part with the different architectural styles. Also the ATAM Method is a good method for architecture but in the real world it’s seldom used as is….usually there’s no time for it. It should become a company process to do the ATAM for each product developed in order to benefit from it. But in such a fast moving world usually nobody does it. I would have liked more in depth exercises with the ATAM method since I feel I have just scratched the surface. Then I could adapt the ATAM to my company’s process to enforce this method. There’s an idea for a new course 🙂 2. If you had a friend just starting this course, what advice would you give regarding the content of this course in particular, or the general nature of finding success in online learning? I would advise him to have at least 3 years of real world programming experience before beginning this course. Otherwise it’s no use since a lot of very complicated topics were covered very very quickly and if you do not have the background then you probably won’t understand very much. Or you think you will “get it” but in fact there are a ton of aspects to cover for each topic (See architectural styles). And yes, you do have to do a lot of research on your own though (myself included) I am too lazy for that. I think the course could expand on topics such as that mentioned at point 1) OH AND BY THE WAY: letting people review your work and giving you grades while they have not finished their own assignments and seeing the correct solution is a poorly inspired decision. I could grade other people while I still didn’t get a grade myself nor seen the final solution to an exercise. Please take this into account. I frequently got grades from people who clearly did not have the best intentions.
christopher –
This is a excellent course for Software architects, addressing all key areas needed in the field. Good content, definitely recommend this course for anyone aspiring to be a Software architect.
Luiger J R R –
Very Good
JAAFAR I –
good course
Michael N –
Boring process of evaluation of other members, the low balance between lost time and gotten knowledge
Rahaman k –
nice course
ALESSANDRO S –
The course is very interesting and well organized.I’ve learned many things on software design
JOSKO R –
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Luluk E M –
the assignment are very helpful to build understanding