Software Architecture, Design and Patterns

Software Architecture

Software architecture is actually combination of following concerns:

• An overall view of the solution to a problem.
• Extensible to extent.
• Easily Maintained.
• Easily debuggable.
• Loosely coupled among integrated components/modules.
• Platform independent if possible.
• Documented enough so that can be viewed in papers.
• Optimizable.

Software Design Patterns

Software design is a process of problem-solving and planning for a software solution. After the purpose and specifications of software is determined, software developers will design or employ designers to develop a plan for a solution. It includes low-level component and algorithm implementation issues as well as the architectural view.

A software design pattern describes a family of solutions to a software design problem. It consists of one or several software design elements such as modules, interfaces, classes, objects, methods, functions, processes, threads, etc., relationships among the elements, and a behavioral description.