Hands-On Solutions Architecture with Java : Architectural design patterns for real world projects

Architect the conversion of the requirements into an architecture and design that will become the blueprint for the solution being created

It is problem solving with the least cost and the most benefits.

A good Solution Architect must therefore articulate business value realized over technical implementations.

This book describes an approach to creating a high-level architecture for a complete end-to-end solution design. We begin with a little introduction on a solutions architect's role, what it takes to become one and what are the essential skills one needs to scale up to the role.

You will then learn about BASE, an architecture concept of operations that helps produce solid IT solutions.

As the next step we look at 3 different SDLC methods, namely the Waterfall, Iterative and Agile and then identify the technology required.

We then move on to modeling our business its data and then architecting the database.

Next, we set about to create the application tier which glues together the business, data and technology tiers.

Having successfully architected our application, we look at securing it and then integrating the same both from external and internal perspective.

Lastly, we learn about some practical reference architectures namely the JEE, Microservices, and Big Data Analytics. We wrap up with a discussion on common pitfalls and tips to avoid them.

By end of the book you will have identified the answer to a business problem and arrived at a set of solutions and by building its components step by step.