Master software architecture fundamentals: UML diagrams, architectural styles, and system design in this course.
Master software architecture fundamentals: UML diagrams, architectural styles, and system design in this course.
This comprehensive course explores software architecture fundamentals, focusing on how software components are arranged and interact. Students learn to represent architectures using UML and other visual tools, study common architectural styles, and evaluate architectural quality. The course covers critical topics including component organization, architectural evaluation, and the relationship between architecture and software development. Special emphasis is placed on practical application through a capstone project involving documentation of a Java-based Android application using UML diagrams and the Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM).
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What you'll learn
Create UML package, component, and deployment diagrams
Analyze and compare different architectural styles
Evaluate architecture using quality attributes
Document multi-application systems with layered architecture
Understand architectural impact on system design
Implement architectural patterns effectively
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This course includes:
2.5 Hours PreRecorded video
4 quizzes
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There are 4 modules in this course
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UML Architecture Diagrams
Module 1 · 121 Minutes to complete
Architectural Styles
Module 2 · 94 Minutes to complete
Architecture in Practice
Module 3 · 30 Minutes to complete
Capstone Challenge
Module 4 · 30 Minutes to complete
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Instructor
Expert in Software Engineering and Project-Based Learning
Kenny Wong is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta, Canada. He earned his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Victoria. With 16 years of university teaching experience, he regularly instructs team-oriented, project-based software engineering courses, including software process and product management. His research focuses on analyzing the root causes of problems in the structure, behavior, and management of complex software systems.
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