Large systems tend to leverage one of about a dozen common architectural patterns—ways that architectural components are organized and interact. Those patterns run from traditional structured monoliths to modern Microservice-based systems.

In this class, you'll learn how to develop architectures using a patterns approach. We'll discuss how to choose patterns using system characteristics ("ilities"), and we'll look at several common patterns, explaining how the patterns work, their benefits, and their problems. The patterns approach is particularly useful when you're starting a new system for Agile development because it quickly lets you choose a basic structure and actually get to work.