1 - Web Application Architectures Seminar

• Seminar 1

Tasks

Tasks that must be solved and reported at the seminar.

Task 1

Answer the following questions:

• What is a web application?

• What does web application architecture mean?

  • What does a web application architecture include?

• How have architectures for web applications developed over time?

• What architectural (anti) design patterns are there for web applications?

  • Which is considered the most common architectural design pattern?

  • What does a big ball of mud (BBoM) mean?

Task 2

Create an artifact describing the architecture of the examination application. The following requirements must be met.

• The documentation for your web application must be stored on the GitLab (https://gitlab.lnu.se/1dv612/student) wiki associated with your private examination repository.

• The documentation must contain a picture describing the overall system.

• The type of communication between subsystems must be documented.

• The behavior, interaction between subsystems and users must be documented.

Links

• Pattern oriented architecture for web based architecture
• Pattern-Oriented Architecture for Web Applications
• The top 5 software architecture patterns: How to make the right choice
• The Big Ball of Mud and Other Architectural Disasters
• WSO2Con ASIA 2016: Building Web Apps Using Web-Oriented Architecture
• 5 Web Application Architecture Resources for Studying
• https://www.techopedia.com/definition/30409/website-architecture
• http://www.laputan.org/mud/mud.html
• https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-big-ball-of-mud-and-other-architectural-disasters/
• https://pressupinc.com/blog/2015/04/why-software-becomes-a-big-ball-of-mud/