From the course: Software Architecture Foundations
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Monoliths
- The notion of design patterns that we covered in the last chapter, applies very much to architecture. When you look at lots of programs and focus on the big structural problems, like scalability or ease of change or ease of maintenance. Patterns start to emerge! Like the code level patterns these architectural patterns don't stand alone in splendid isolation, it's rare to find a pure realization of any architectural pattern. A given system might embody many patterns and these will interact in complex ways. Let's get real though and look at a few common architectural patterns, starting with one that's probably familiar to you, the monolith. In a monolithic architecture, the entire program is one large executable unit. Sometimes specified with hundreds of thousands of lines of source code, ancillary programs like database servers surround and support the monolith. But those are usually generic components that aren't worth the trouble to implement yourself. That homogenous structure…
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