Software Architecture and Development

Languages and Technologies Used:

C#, JavaScript, T-SQL, CSS, HTML, ASP.NET MVC, Bootstrap, jQuery, AngularJS

Key Engineering Philosophies:

• Efficient
• Simple
• Extendable
• Composable
• Easy to Maintain

EFFICIENT

Project Management

• Understand and reduce task dependencies

Development

• Use code generators
• Utilize separate coding scratch pads like LinqPAD and JSFiddle for quick debugging

Process

• Balance the goals of design and performance
• Understand user behavior to design data flow and its timing
• Know general performance of common standard library components
• Avoid remote calls or reduce the number of remote calls if possible

Testing and Debugging

• Write easy-to-test code
• Set up dependency mocks

SIMPLE

Application Design

• Balance usability and user experience
• User stories and acceptance criteria

Coding

• Reuse third-party components where they meet your requirements
• Small methods with single responsibility
• Establish common flow controls

Dependency Management

• Use Layers and set up rules for each

EXTENDABLE

Reusability

• Open Close Principle
• Prototyping by extending first and minimize impact to existing functionality

COMPOSABLE

Favor composition over inheritance

• Inherit interface, not implementation
• Encapsulation can also be achieved with abstract base class

Micro Services

• Minimal, self-contained, independently-deployable services

EASY TO MAINTAIN

Continuous integration

• Having a code repository is a must.
• Automate builds

Deployment

• Avoid release dependency
• Employ Blue/Green Deployment
• Allow runtime changes and modification if possible, such as CMS, to avoid deployment

Performance Improvement

• Avoid micro-optimization

Logging

• Set logging rules
• Monitor key indicators proactively
• Make the level of logging configurable (ideally even at runtime)

Bug Fixing

• Create two tasks for unplanned release (Short term and long term)