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What is architecture?

Here's a short definition of architecture that somebody made after a presentation Paul and I did last week.

Architecture is the stuff that you can't refactor in an afternoon.

I got a kind of "yeah, that's actually about right" feeling. What do you think?

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Posted by Simon Brown on 15 February 2006 14:51:43 GMT #


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Re: What is architecture?

Comment from Eddie Chan on 16 February 2006 14:04:38 GMT #
Architecture is also something you can't build in an afternoon as well.
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Re: What is architecture?

Comment from Simon Brown on 27 February 2006 22:35:37 GMT #
I'm not so sure I agree, although I see where you are coming from. To take an example, an afternoon gives me enough time to put together a skeleton web application built upon a framework and a handful of guiding principles. Fast forward a few months and this architecture becomes ingrained, which leads to the conclusion that you can't refactor it in an afternoon.
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Re: What is architecture?

Comment from Sarath on 20 March 2009 19:25:33 GMT #
Instead of defining architecture by defining the areas of its non-inclusion architecture should be defined by what it compromises. very simply put, architecture is the design of a system to facilitate a goal or an outcome.
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TrackBack from Uwe Hermann on 15 February 2006 19:01:17 GMT #
Very, very true: Architecture is the stuff that you can't refactor in an afternoon. (via The Pragmatic Architect)

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