Why Study Architecture First?
Posted by Jeremy Voorhis Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:36:00 GMT
In my workshop, Understanding Web Architecture Through Ruby on Rails, I will delve straight into web architecture before discussing Rails at all. Here are 5 reasons why:
You should study web architecture if you want to…- get a fresh perspective on Rails, and a better understanding of how the components of the model-view-controller pattern can fit together in a web framework.
- strive for coherence and good style at all levels of your application.
- share meaning with your users by exposing your domain model clearly to your users.
- learn how to take advantage of HTTP’s functionality and semantics, without spending days combing over RFCs.
- make applications that are available to agents other than web browsers, like feed readers or 3rd party apps, without duplicating code.
Hello, I find your reasons very salient. Could you expand more on number 3 (perhaps an example)? Thanks.
@Chris:
Sure. The Domain Model pattern has gotten a lot of attention lately as tools like ActiveRecord become more popular. The principles of the Domain Model, however, needn’t be restricted to classes in our applications’ domain layer. I am suggest that the Domain pattern can be applied successfully at a higher level when creating web resources. Concepts such as containment through has-many relationships, for example, can be expressed through the structure we choose for our resources’ urls.