Reference and Selective Reading
This generated surface maps a learner-facing curriculum unit to its canonical source routes.
Curriculum surface
- Open learner-facing unit
- Curriculum path:
content/curriculum/architecture/semester-07-architecture-ddd/module-02-architecture-patterns-modular/reference/index.md - App:
architecture - Semester:
semester-07-architecture-ddd - Module:
module-02-architecture-patterns-modular - Unit kind:
reference - Curation level:
module_curated
Learning objectives
- Explain Reference and Selective Reading as a choice among modular structures and coupling tradeoffs, not as a pattern-name checklist.
- Use Reference and Selective Reading to predict how change, testing, deployability, and team coordination will behave in a real codebase.
- Use
clean-architecture,fundamentals-of-software-architectureto connect the learner page to modular boundaries, dependency direction, and architectural style tradeoffs.
Prerequisites
- Comfort with architecture fundamentals and quality-attribute reasoning from module 01.
Source books
clean-architecturefundamentals-of-software-architecture
Source routes
Clean Architecture
- /books/clean-architecture via
Martin: Clean Architecture -- decoupling modes,Martin: Clean Architecture — decoupling modes,Martin: Package by Component,Martin: Package by Layer to Ports and Adapters
Fundamentals Of Software Architecture
- /books/fundamentals-of-software-architecture via
(2),Mediator,Richards & Ford: Adding Layers,Richards & Ford: Async Capabilities,Richards & Ford: Choosing the Appropriate Architecture Style,Richards & Ford: Choosing the Appropriate Style,Richards & Ford: Choosing the Appropriate Style (Modular Monolith subsection),Richards & Ford: Communication,Richards & Ford: Component-Based Thinking,Richards & Ford: Concert Ticketing System,Richards & Ford: Connascence,Richards & Ford: Data Collisions,Richards & Ford: Database Partitioning in Service-Based,Richards & Ford: Discovering Components,Richards & Ford: Event-Driven Architecture Style,Richards & Ford: Event-Driven Ratings,Richards & Ford: Fitness Functions,Richards & Ford: General Topology (SBA),Richards & Ford: Layered Architecture Style,Richards & Ford: Layered Ratings,Richards & Ford: Measuring Modularity (1),Richards & Ford: Measuring Modularity (2),Richards & Ford: Mediator Topology,Richards & Ford: Microkernel Architecture Style,Richards & Ford: Microkernel Registry,Richards & Ford: Microservices History,Richards & Ford: Microservices Ratings,Richards & Ford: Modularity,Richards & Ford: Monolithic vs Distributed,Richards & Ford: Monolithic vs Distributed (the 8 fallacies),Richards & Ford: Operational Reuse,Richards & Ford: Orchestration-Driven SOA (history),Richards & Ford: Pipeline (Filters),Richards & Ford: Pipeline Filters,Richards & Ford: Pipeline Ratings,Richards & Ford: Preventing Data Loss,Richards & Ford: Replicated vs Distributed Caching,Richards & Ford: Request-Reply,Richards & Ford: Reuse and Coupling (SOA),Richards & Ford: Service-Based Ratings,Richards & Ford: Service-Based Topology,Richards & Ford: Space-Based Architecture Style
Supporting curriculum routes
No supporting curriculum routes linked yet.
External enrichment
- Martin Fowler: Monolith First (
read_if_stuck) - Reinforces that architectural style choice is a tradeoff and should follow real constraints, not fashion. - Simon Brown: Modular Monoliths (
optional_deep_dive) - Helps connect modularity concepts to concrete structure and deployment choices.
AI companion modes
- Explain simply
- Diagnose my confusion
- Revision mode
- Connect forward / backward
Source-of-truth note
This teaching unit is learner-facing guidance assembled from multiple canonical book routes. Use the listed source books as the primary conceptual spine for Reference and Selective Reading, and treat outside material as supporting enrichment only.