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Andrii Piatakha and Learn IT University

From this course, you can learn Software Architecture and Clean Code Design in OOP.

There are a lot of other courses on this topic. So, why would you choose exactly this course?  Here are just a few reasons:- Coding examples

To learn to program is not enough just watching videos and reading books. You also need to have a lot of practice. In this training course, you will review multiple practical tasks and coding examples which will help you learn and understand Java better.

- Open source code

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From this course, you can learn Software Architecture and Clean Code Design in OOP.

There are a lot of other courses on this topic. So, why would you choose exactly this course?  Here are just a few reasons:- Coding examples

To learn to program is not enough just watching videos and reading books. You also need to have a lot of practice. In this training course, you will review multiple practical tasks and coding examples which will help you learn and understand Java better.

- Open source code

We hide nothing from our students.  Including the source code for the home task solutions and source code of examples that were shared during the lesson. Having the source code you can just copy and paste it to run it on your local computer to understand how things work better.

You are allowed to use all source code examples for learning purposes. This helps significantly to configure the environment and make tests work, especially in case students didn't work with any testing framework in the past.

- Q&A support 

The significant difference between the online and offline learning process is the instructor's availability. If you are in one room with a tutor he always can help you to get understand the specific concept or to help fix your code on your computer. In this course, we are supporting students with answers to any questions flagged in the Q&A section. In case there will be recurring questions - separate video lessons will be created to show how to address the issue.

So with this course you are not just getting video materials, code exercises, source code, access to the free mobile application without limits (which is still pretty cool, huh? :) ), but you also get tutor support and answers to your questions along with this course. - Relevant knowledge

After our team investigated other Java courses on Udemy we realized that most of them have nothing in common with real life. The information which is shared there is very old and significantly out of date. For example, the instructor teaches a framework which is not been used already for 15 years. Or instructors do stress on the programming design which is not used anymore at all.

The instructor of this course is a consultant in a top-rated IT outsourcing company and helps to bring cutting-edge solutions in IT for all his clients. Feel free to check the LinkedIn page of the instructor and check skills endorsement. More than 19 thousand people across all over the world (BTW most of them are from the top 100 companies of the world) evaluated the skills of Andrii Piatakha.

With this course, you can be sure that you will spend your time learning the right things from one of the best IT consultants in the world.

- Free mobile App without limits for our students

Knowing Java is one skill. Be able to pass interviews in the company - that is another skill :) Nowadays a lot of companies use tests to select candidates on the first level of interview. We developed applications to practice skills specifically for such purposes.

In this course, we will provide you link to download our FREE mobile app for android. (soon it will be also available for iOS platforms)

The instructor of this course comes up with hundreds of tests that are used to test the knowledge of candidates. With this application, you will be well-prepared for the interview.

Also, only for our students - there is no limit on attempts to pass certification. In the course, we will tell you how to set up a special bonus code that will remove restrictions for our students inside the app.

- High concentration of useful material in each lesson

Sometimes you can notice that watching 5 minutes of our lesson is equivalent to watching another 30 minutes lesson.

This is because time spent for preparation for the lesson (script for the lesson, lesson structure) and video editing (to cut boring pieces of the lesson or time when the program loads) sometimes 10 times as much (sometimes even 20) as the final lesson duration after video editing.

Also, each topic is separated from another. In case some concept will be explained in the next lesson and you don't need to worry about understanding this in the scope of this lesson - the instructor will make an announcement when a specific topic will be covered.

Go and try it yourself.  We will appreciate your feedback.

So don't wait. Take a look at the lessons' preview if you still have doubts.

Buy this course today, and you will get all updates for FREE.

For those who successfully passed this training course, or for students who were recognized for asking amazing questions, there is a special offer from the IT-Bulls company. The creator of this course is IT-Bulls company CEO and Founder. We are always in search of talents to run our amazing startups together with you. Probably you always dreamed about running your startup? In this course, you will be able to find the team who will teach you how to do that and (in particular cases) will be glad to help with implementation.

Hope you enjoy this course. And remember, we appreciate all your feedback. Your feedback will help us to become even better.  Your feedback will help us to create to best Java course ever.

See you at the lessons.  :)

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What's inside

Learning objectives

  • What is a good software architecture?
  • Basic principles in software architecture in oop
  • Solid principles
  • What is low coupling and high cohesion?
  • How to group units into packages, modules, namespaces or components
  • Practical, proven techniques to becoming a great software architect
  • Software design patterns
  • Architectural patterns used in almost any software system
  • Clean code design
  • Review examples of solid code in object-oriented programming
  • Real-life examples of good and bad architecture
  • Test-driven development (tdd) to drive software architecture
  • Behavior-driven development (bdd)
  • Acceptance test-driven development (attd)
  • Database architecture
  • Secure and robust architecture
  • Web application design patterns
  • Mvc design pattern
  • Dao pattern
  • Layered architecture pattern
  • Rest architecture
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Syllabus

Introduction

From this lecture you will learn:
• How to communicate during this course

• Where to ask questions

• How to ask questions

• Communication channels

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From this lecture you will learn:

• Where to find good tests to verify your knowledge

• How to get unlimited access to Learn IT application (only for my students from Udemy)

From this lecture you will learn:

• What are SOLID principles

• SOLID principles in OOP

• Single responsibility principle

From this lecture you will learn:

• Open / closed principle

• Code examples

From this lecture you will learn:

• Liskov substitution principle

• Code examples

From this lecture you will learn:

• Interface segregation principle

• Code examples

From this lecture you will learn:

• Dependency inversion principle

• Code examples

The Quiz covers content from the following lessons:

  • SOLID principles overview & Single Responsibility Principle

  • Open / Closed principle

  • Liskov substitution principle

  • Interface segregation principle

  • Dependency inversion principle

• What is a clean architecture

• What is a coupling

• Types of a coupling

• What is a cohesion

• Types of a cohesion

• Benefits of Clean Architecture

• Plugin concept

• Why do we need clean architecture

• Advantages and disadvantages of clean architecture

• Tell, don’t ask principle

• How to apply ‘Tell don’t ask’ in real life

• What is data structures

• Objects VS Data structures

• Getters and Setters in objects

• When to use data structures

• What is Law of Demeter

• Goals

• Exception from law

• Pros & Cons

• Code Examples

  • KISS Principle - Definition

  • Variants of KISS in Software Development

  • Key Concepts of KISS

  • Why Use KISS Principle / Benefits

  • How to Apply KISS Principle

  • Case Studies of KISS Principle

  • Code Examples of KISS Principle

  • YAGNI Principle - Definition

  • Why Use YAGNI Principle / Benefits

  • How to Apply YAGNI

  • Case Studies of YAGNI Principle

  • Code Examples of YAGNI Principle

  • YAGNI Principle VS KISS Principle - Key Differences

  • DRY Principle - Definition

  • Why Use DRY Principle / Benefits

  • How to Apply DRY

  • Contrasting Concepts - WET & AHA

  • Case Studies of DRY Principle

  • Code Examples of DRY Principle

• Problem statement

• Why do we need a good structure

• How to establish good code structure

• Factors to consider during the code grouping

• Cohesion Principles

• Common closure principle

• Common reuse principle

• Reuse-release equivalence principle

• Coupling principles

• Acyclic dependencies principle

• Stable dependencies principle

• Stable abstractions principle

• Package by layer

• Package by feature

• Conway's law

• How technical factors impact code structure

• Tools for code analysis

• Why do we need design patterns

• What are GoF patterns

• Key points of GoF patterns

• Creational Patterns: Overview

• Structural Patterns: Overview

• Behavioral Patterns: Overview

• Class & Object Patterns

• What patterns we are going to learn in this course

• Answers to most common questions of my students

• Singleton

• Prototype

• Factory Method

• Builder

• Abstract Factory

• Factory Method VS Abstract Factory

• Proxy

• Decorator

• Adapter

• Façade

• Comparative Analysis

• Bridge

• Flyweight

• Composite

  • Strategy Pattern

  • Command Pattern

  • Strategy VS Command

  • Template Method

  • Iterator

  • Chain of responsibility

• Visitor

• Visitor VS Decorator

• State

• Observer

• Memento

• Interpreter

• Mediator

From this lecture you will learn:
• What is TDD

• TDD Cycle - main steps of TDD iteration

• Three laws of TDD

• Test-first approach VS TDD

• Testing pyramid and TDD

• Defect cost increase

• Pros of using TDD

From this lecture you will learn:

  • BDD and its history.

  • TDD VS BDD

  • Gherkin DSL

  • How to create BDD scenarios

  • How to apply BDD knowledge on practice for software developer

  • Advantages and Disadvantages of BDD

  • Acceptance test-driven development

  • ATTD VS TDD VS BDD

In this lesson we will implement application with the help of TDD approach.

  • Why we need databases

  • Purposes & Advantages of databases

  • Database VS DBMS

  • Types of databases

  • Relational databases

  • Non-Relational databases

  • Examples of relational, NoSQL and other databases

  • Document-oriented databases

  • Key-value storages

  • Graph databases

  • Wide column databases

  • Object-oriented databases

  • Hierarchical databases

  • Time series databases

  • Column-oriented databases

  • Cloud databases

  • Centralized and Distributed Databases

  • Pros and cons of different types of database

  • Overview of the most popular relational database management systems

  • MySQL Overview

  • Main Features of MySQL

  • MySQL Server installation

  • MySQL Workbench Installation

  • MySQL Shell installation

  • Creation of root user in MySQL

  • Connecting MySQL Server to MySQL Workbench

  • Windows Service for MySQL

  • Basic terms (table, entity, attribute, tuple, record, etc)

  • Database VS Schema

  • Primary key

  • How to choose primary key

  • Simple VS compound primary key

  • Natural VS surrogate primary key

  • Alternate key

  • Foreign key

  • Relationship

  • Types of relationships

  • One-to-many relationship

  • Many-to-many relationship

  • One-to-one relationship

  • MySQL Workbench interface

  • Create schema

  • Naming convention

  • Character set

  • Collation

  • Create table

  • Singular VS Plural for table names

  • MySQL Storage Engines

  • Which storage engine to choose

  • Data types

  • Column Properties

  • Data model

  • Database model

  • Why data modelling is important

  • Database design

  • Data context

  • Conceptual data model

  • Logical data model

  • Physical data model

  • Referential Integrity

  • Consequences of broken referential integrity

  • Cascade Operations

  • Foreign key constraint

  • Remove foreign key constraint

  • Data consistency

  • Data integrity

  • Data quality

  • Data validity

  • What are indexes

  • Lookup table

  • Why we need indexes

  • What does indexing do

  • Index types

  • Primary index (dense and sparse)

  • Secondary index

  • Clustering index

  • Multilevel index

  • B-tree

  • How to create and remove indexes in database

  • Advantages of indexing

  • Disadvantages of indexing

  • Data Anomalies

  • Insertion anomaly

  • Update anomaly

  • Deletion anomaly

  • Dependency theory

  • Normalization

  • Normal forms with Examples

  • Denormalization

  • Problem statement

  • What is DAO pattern

  • DAO pattern elements

  • DAO pattern sequence diagram

  • What is DTO

  • DAO live demo example

  • MVC Pattern: Overview

  • Controller

  • Model

  • View

  • Advantages and Disadvantages

  • MVC code examples

  • Layered Architecture overview

  • Why we need Layered Architecture

  • Closed Layer concept

  • Layers of Isolation

  • Open Layer concept

  • Code example of Layered Architecture

  • Sinkhole anti-pattern

  • Layered Architecture and Monolithic Architecture

  • Advantages and Disadvantages of Layered Architecture

During this exam task we will improve our existing online shop to make it work with the relational database. Implementation should consider DAO pattern and building proper relationships between tables in the database and creating all necessary SQL statements to extract data required for business operations.

  • Review Exam task

  • Overview of the expected result

From Task #1 till Task #7 (inclusively)

From Task #8 till Task #13 (inclusively)

From Task #14 till Task #16 (inclusively)

  • What is connection pool

  • How does connection pool work

  • Benefits of connection pool

  • Different options how to integrate connection pool in the app

  • Apache DBCP

  • C3P0

  • Hikari CP

  • How to calculate required size of the connection pool

  • Advantages of Tomcat Connection Pool

  • JNDI: What it is and when to use

  • Tomcat Connection Pool

  • What is OWASP

  • What is OWASP Top 10

  • Why OWASP Top 10 is important

  • OWASP Top 10 2021

  • What is Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

  • What are Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

  • What is the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

  • OWASP Top 10 2017 VS OWASP 2021

  • What is Access Control

  • Authorization VS Authentication

  • Types of Access Control

  • OAuth (Overview)

  • JWT (Overview)

  • What is Broken Access Control

  • Impact

  • Insecure ID Vulnerability

  • Path Traversal Vulnerability

  • Poison Null Bytes Attack

  • Safelisting

  • Client Caching Vulnerability

  • Violation of the principle of least privilege

  • Elevation of privilege

  • Review Roles Management Approach

  • How to prevent (including design solutions)

  • Example of Attack Scenarios

  • Cryptographic Failures: Overview

  • The most common root causes

  • Comparative analysis between OWASP Top 10 2017 & 2021

  • Notable Common Weakness Enumerations

  • Types of cryptographic failures

  • Personal data VS Sensitive data

  • Types of sensitive data

  • Cryptographic Failure vs. Data Breach

  • What leads to cryptographic failures

  • Example of attack scenraios

  • SQL Injections

  • TLS & SSL

  • HTTPS VS HTTP

  • Enabling HTTPS on Tomcat web server

  • Example of attack scenraios

  • Password encryption practical exercise

  • Passwords hashing

  • Salted passwords

  • Hashing algorithms (MD5, SHA, PBKDF2, BCrypt, and SCrypt)

  • How to prevent cryptographic failures

  • Injection Risk Category: Overview

  • Fuzzing

  • Notable Common Weakness Enumerations (CWEs)

  • Impact

  • Comparison of Injection in OWASP Top 10 2021 and 2017

  • Injection Types

  • Command Injection

  • Cross Site Scripting

  • Types of Cross Site Scripting

  • SQL Injection

  • JPA Injection

  • NoSQL Injection

  • XML: XPath Injection

  • Log Injection

  • How to prevent injection vulnerabilities

  • Input Validation: Goals

  • Input Validation: Strategies

  • Input Validation: Techniques

  • Insecure Design Overview

  • Insecure Design VS Insecure Implementation

  • Shift left security approach

  • Notable CWEs

  • What is secure design

  • Threat Modeling

  • Goal of threat modeling

  • Threat Modeling Manifesto: Overview

  • Threat Modeling Manifesto: Values

  • Threat Modeling Manifesto: Principles

  • Build a secure design process

  • Business impact analysis

  • Working with threat register

  • Security controls

  • Security design document

  • Secure Design Process Metrics

  • Example of Attacks

  • How to prevent

  • Overview

  • Potential Impact

  • Notable CWEs

  • Security Misconfiguration in OWASP Top 10 2021 VS 2017

  • Types of security misconfiguration

  • Examples of real-life attacks

  • Federated Architecture

  • Security Hardening

  • Zero Trust Security Model

  • NIST 800-207

  • Defense in Depth

  • NIST 800-123

  • Best Practices for System Hardening

  • Example of Attacks - Demo

  • How to prevent

  • Overview

  • Risk Factors

  • Why it is hard to update outdated components

  • Notable CWEs

  • How attackers use vulnerable components

  • Real-life example

  • OWASP Top 10 2021 VS 2017

  • Demo of dependency check plugin

  • Vulnerability scanners

  • How to prevent

  • Overview

  • Potential Impact

  • Notable CWEs

  • OWASP Top 10 2017 VS 2021

  • How attackers exploit authentication failures

  • Session fixation

  • Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

  • Execution After Redirect (EAR)

  • Risk factors

  • Multi-factor authentication (MFA)

  • Review of different factors

  • Session ID Entropy

  • Examples of Attacks

  • Credential stuffing

  • Brute force access

  • Session hijacking

  • How to prevent

  • Overview

  • Potential impact review

  • Common Weakness Enumerations

  • OWASP Top 10 2017 VS 2021

  • Examples of Attacks

  • How to prevent

  • What is logging and logs

  • Overview of Security Logging and Monitoring Failures Category

  • Potential Impact

  • Risk Factors

  • Challenges

  • Log Management Tools

  • Libraries for Logging in Java

  • Notable Common Weakness Enumerations

  • OWASP Top 10 2017 VS 2021

  • Attack Examples

  • How to Prevent

  • Overview

  • Trust relationships

  • Risk factors

  • Potential impact

  • Types of SSRF

  • OWASP Top 10 2017 VS 2021

  • Capital One Incident: Overview

  • SSRF Java Example

  • Examples of Attacks

  • How to prevent

  • Definition of Object-Level Authorization and Its Importance

  • Explanation of BOLA Vulnerabilities and Their Prevalence in APIs

  • Connection to OWASP Top 10: Broken Access Control

  • Real-world examples of data breaches due to BOLA

  • Consequences for organizations and users of not adhering to BOLA best practices

  • Insecure Coding Practices Leading to BOLA

Code examples demo: Problem & Solution - Online Shop Example

  • Enforcing robust authorization mechanisms

  • Continuous testing and validation of authorization logic

  • Using Random Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs)

  • Implementation considerations when integrating UUIDs into API ecosystems

  • Securing the Business Logic Layer

  • Implementing Zero-Trust Security Model

  • How zero-trust principles mitigate BOLA vulnerabilities.

  • Understanding Broken Authentication - Definition

  • Common Misconceptions about API Authentication

  • Authentication Mechanisms and Their Vulnerabilities

  • Ease of detecting authentication issues with current methodologies.

  • Connection with OWASP Top 10 Broken Access Control

  • Distinguishing Between Authentication and Access Control

  • How Broken Authentication Can Lead to Broken Access Control

  • Examples of Interconnected Vulnerabilities and Exploits

  • Causes of Broken Authentication

  • Types of Attacks

  • Technical Factors Contributing to Vulnerabilities

  • Automated Attacks

  • Poor Standards and Practices

  • Lack of Protection Mechanisms

  • Misimplementation of Authentication Mechanisms

  • Case Studies

  • Lessons Learned from Case Studies

  • Impact and Consequences of Broken Authentication Vulnerabilities

  • Best Practices for Mitigating Broken Authentication

  • OAuth VS Open ID

  • Real Life Code Example - Demo of Problem and Solution

  • Timing Attacks and How to Avoid Them

  • Definition of Broken Object Property Level Authorization

  • Importance in API security

  • Threat Agents and Attack Vectors

  • Security weaknesses and their impacts

  • Real-world consequences of vulnerabilities

  • Example Review - Scenario #1: Fitness App Workout Tracking

  • Example Review - Scenario #2: Online Learning Platform Quiz Submissions

  • Prevention Measures -

    • Implementing access controls

    • Minimizing Data Exposure

    • Using Schema-Based Validation

    • Avoiding Client-Side Filtering Reliance

  • Related Concepts:

    • Excessive Data Exposure (OWASP API3:2019)

    • Mass Assignment (OWASP API6:2019)

  • Online Shop: Practical Example Source Code Review

  • Definition of Unrestricted Resource Consumption

  • Threat Agents and Attack Vectors

  • Typical design flaws and configuration issues

  • Technical Impact Analysis

  • Business Impact Analysis

  • Real-World Examples of Unrestricted Resource Consumption

  • SMS Abuse Leading to Financial Loss (NordVPN)

  • Increased Cloud Storage Costs (File Download Service)

  • DDoS Attack on Poland’s Tax Portal

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

  • CWE-799: Improper Control of Interaction Frequency

  • Detection of Unrestricted Resource Consumption

  • Prevention Strategies

  • Best Practices

  • Practical Example Source Code Review - Problem & Solution

  • Definition and explanation of BFLA

  • Difference between BFLA and Broken Object Level Authorization

  • Root Causes of BFLA

  • Attack Scenarios and Examples

  • Potential Consequences of BFLA

  • How to Detect BFLA

  • Prevention Techniques for BFLA

Practical Example Source Code Review - Problem & Solution

  • Definition of Unrestricted Access to Sensitive Business Flows

  • Importance of understanding this vulnerability

  • How UASBF differs from other API vulnerabilities

  • How attackers exploit UASBF

  • Common Scenarios and Examples

  • Examples of Business Logic Abuse

  • Challenges in detection and protection

  • How to Address These Challenges

  • Potential impacts on businesses

  • Case Study Analysis

  • Real-Life Example: Airline Ticketing Abuse

  • Prevention and Mitigation - Business Layer

  • Prevention and Mitigation - Engineering Layer

  • Testing for UASBF

  • Best Practices

  • Introduction to SSRF

  • Similarities Between API7:2023 and A10:2021

  • Differences Between API7:2023 and A10:2021

  • Attack Scenarios in API7:2023

  • Prevention Strategies

  • Summary and Conclusion

  • Introduction to Security Misconfiguration

  • Similarities Between API8:2023 and A05:2021

  • Differences Between API8:2023 and A05:2021

  • Attack Scenarios in API8:2023

  • Prevention Strategies

  • Summary and Conclusion

  • Definition and significance of API inventory management

  • Common challenges in maintaining API inventories

  • The role of proper inventory management in API security

  • Discussion of Key Risks:

    • Exploitation of Vulnerabilities

    • Amplification of Risks

    • Cross-Compatibility Issues

  • Real-World Examples of Security Breaches Due to Poor Inventory Management

  • Legacy APIs and Their Challenges

  • The Balance Between Backward Compatibility and Security

  • Strategies for Effective API Inventory Management

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Covers SOLID principles, which are essential for creating maintainable and scalable object-oriented software, and are widely recognized and applied in the software development industry
Explores design patterns like MVC, DAO, and layered architecture, which are fundamental concepts for building robust and well-structured web applications and are commonly used in enterprise environments
Includes coverage of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), which are valuable practices for ensuring code quality and aligning development with business requirements
Addresses database architecture, covering both relational and NoSQL databases, which is crucial for designing efficient and scalable data storage solutions and is relevant to modern application development
Examines web architecture patterns and secure coding practices following OWASP Top 10 guidelines, which are essential for building secure and resilient web applications and protecting against common vulnerabilities
Features coding exercises to practice SOLID principles, which provides hands-on experience and reinforces understanding of these important design concepts, allowing learners to apply them in real-world scenarios

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Reviews summary

Software architecture, clean code, and design patterns

According to learners, this course provides a broad and valuable overview of software architecture, clean code, and design patterns in OOP. Students particularly appreciate the practical coding examples and demos that help illustrate complex concepts. The coverage spans a wide range of topics, from SOLID principles and GoF patterns to database architecture and web patterns like MVC and DAO, making it a comprehensive resource. Some mention the section on secure coding based on OWASP as a significant bonus. While the depth on certain topics might vary, many find the course highly relevant for real-world application and improving their code quality. The instructor's expertise is often highlighted as a positive factor.
Provided source code is helpful.
"Having the source code available for examples and exercises is a major plus."
"Could easily follow along and run the code myself thanks to provided sources."
"Source code saves a lot of time setting up and experimenting."
"The open source code policy is very much appreciated."
Instructor is knowledgeable and clear.
"The instructor clearly knows his stuff and explains things well."
"His real-world experience shines through in the examples and explanations."
"Found the lectures engaging and the explanations easy to follow."
"You can tell the instructor is an experienced professional."
Wide array of essential architecture topics.
"Covers SOLID, GoF, TDD, DB, MVC, and even OWASP security - truly comprehensive!"
"Learned about so many design patterns and principles I hadn't seen before."
"The breadth of topics is impressive, especially the security section."
"A great single resource for multiple core software engineering areas."
Concepts applicable to professional work.
"Applying SOLID and design patterns to my daily job after this course."
"The topics covered are highly relevant to building robust systems."
"Helped me understand best practices used in industry."
"Gained practical skills to improve the quality of my codebase."
Hands-on coding demos reinforce learning.
"The coding examples are very helpful to understand the concepts."
"I really enjoyed the practical demos showing how to apply the patterns."
"Seeing the code refactoring in action made the SOLID principles click."
"The online shop example tying together DAO and database is great."
Some sections are less detailed than others.
"Some topics felt a bit rushed compared to others, could use more depth."
"Wish some design patterns had more extensive examples."
"The database section is detailed, but some architectural patterns felt brief."
"Pace and depth vary between modules; some parts fly by."

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Review SOLID Principles
Reinforce your understanding of SOLID principles, which are fundamental to clean code and good software architecture.
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  • Read articles and blog posts about each SOLID principle.
  • Review code examples demonstrating each principle.
  • Try refactoring existing code to apply SOLID principles.
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  • Read the book cover to cover.
  • Take notes on key concepts and examples.
  • Discuss the book with peers or in online forums.
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  • Read the book, focusing on patterns relevant to the course.
  • Implement examples of the patterns in your preferred language.
  • Compare and contrast different patterns.
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Write a blog post on a design pattern
Solidify your understanding of design patterns by explaining them in your own words.
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  • Choose a design pattern covered in the course.
  • Research the pattern and its applications.
  • Write a blog post explaining the pattern, its benefits, and drawbacks.
  • Include code examples to illustrate the pattern.
Refactor an existing project
Apply the principles of clean code and software architecture to a real-world project to solidify your understanding.
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  • Choose an existing project with messy code.
  • Identify areas for improvement based on course principles.
  • Refactor the code, applying SOLID principles and design patterns.
  • Write unit tests to ensure the refactored code is working correctly.
LeetCode design problems
Sharpen your problem-solving skills and apply design principles by tackling LeetCode problems related to software design.
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  • Find LeetCode problems tagged with 'design'.
  • Attempt to solve the problems using clean code principles and design patterns.
  • Review solutions and discuss alternative approaches.
Contribute to an open-source project
Apply your knowledge of software architecture and clean code by contributing to a real-world open-source project.
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  • Find an open-source project that aligns with your interests and skills.
  • Identify areas where you can contribute, such as bug fixes, new features, or documentation.
  • Follow the project's contribution guidelines and submit your changes.
  • Participate in code reviews and discussions with other contributors.

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Learners who complete Software Architecture and Clean Code Design in OOP will develop knowledge and skills that may be useful to these careers:
Software Architect
A software architect needs a deep understanding of system design principles and architectural patterns. This career involves making high level design choices and enforcing coding standards. The course's focus on software architecture, design patterns, and clean code principles directly contribute to the skills required for this role. The course also reviews real world examples of good and bad architecture. You'll be better prepared to make key decisions about software structure as a software architect after taking this course.
Principal Engineer
A principal engineer is a senior level technical expert responsible for driving architectural decisions and ensuring the quality of software development. This course helps principal engineers deepen their understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, and clean code practices. Principle engineers can use this knowledge to mentor other developers, establish coding standards, and guide the technical direction of projects. The course is especially useful for reviewing examples of well-structured code.
Software Consultant
Software consultants advise clients on software development practices and architectural decisions. This course helps software consultants gain knowledge of software architecture principles, SOLID principles, and design patterns. This lets software consultants provide expert guidance to clients on how to build robust, maintainable, and scalable software systems. The course's coverage of real life examples of good and bad architecture is highly relevant for consulting engagements. A software consultant needs these skills.
Technical Lead
Technical leads guide development teams and are responsible for the technical direction of projects. This course helps technical leads understand software architecture principles, SOLID principles, and clean code design. Technical leads can use this course to learn how to establish good code structure, apply coupling and cohesion principles, and ensure their teams follow best practices. The course's coverage of design patterns is beneficial for communicating architectural decisions and ensuring code quality.
Backend Developer
Backend developers focus on the server side logic and database interactions of an application. This course provides knowledge about database architecture, web application design patterns such as MVC and DAO, layered architecture, and REST architecture, all critical for backend development. The discussion of database types, schema design, and data modeling is invaluable for someone working on the backend. Backend developers can use this course to write secure code following OWASP guidelines.
Application Developer
Application developers are responsible for designing, coding, and testing applications. This course helps in understanding the principles of clean code design and software architecture, which are essential for building robust and maintainable applications. The coding examples and open source code available in the course will provide practical experience. This is relevant when developing applications. Application developers will learn how to apply design patterns and ensure their code is testable and well structured.
Security Architect
A security architect is responsible for designing and implementing security measures to protect software systems. This course includes a section on secure coding following OWASP Top 10 guidelines. It covers topics like access control, cryptographic failures, injection flaws, and security misconfigurations. A security architect can use this knowledge to identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities in software architecture. The lessons on threat modeling will be particularly beneficial.
Full-Stack Developer
Full stack developers work on both the frontend and backend of applications. This course provides a comprehensive understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and clean code practices relevant to both sides of development. The section on web application design patterns, including MVC, DAO, and REST architectures, will be useful for building complete applications. A full stack developer will especially benefit from the course's instruction on how to apply testing methodologies to ensure code structure.
Software Engineer
Software engineering is a broad field encompassing various aspects of software development. This course provides a foundational understanding of key concepts like software architecture, clean code, and design patterns, all essential for a software engineer. Software engineers can use the knowledge gained from this course to write more efficient, maintainable, and scalable code. The focus on real life examples of good and bad architecture will provide practical insights.
Database Architect
Database architects design, build, and maintain database systems. This course provides a section specifically on database architecture, covering various types of databases, schema design, data modeling, and indexing. This will allow database architects to make informed decisions about database technology and optimize database performance. Database architects can use the course to build secure and robust architectures.
Quality Assurance Engineer
Quality assurance engineers are responsible for testing software to ensure it meets quality standards. This course covers test driven development, behavior driven development, and acceptance test driven development, providing valuable insights into testing methodologies. Quality assurance engineers can use this course to understand how to write effective tests, automate testing processes, and improve overall software quality. These testing skills make a quality assurance engineer well rounded.
Cloud Architect
Cloud architects are responsible for designing and implementing cloud based solutions. This course's coverage of web application design patterns like REST architecture and layered architecture is relevant for building cloud native applications. The sections on secure coding following OWASP guidelines may be useful for designing secure cloud environments. Cloud architects will find value in how the course can help them design scalable and resilient architectures in the cloud.
Data Engineer
Data engineers design, build, and maintain data pipelines and infrastructure. This course provides a section on database architecture, covering various types of databases, data modeling, and schema design. This enables data engineers to make informed decisions about data storage and processing technologies. The section on secure coding following OWASP guidelines may be useful to data engineers. A data engineer will learn how to build secure and robust data architectures.
System Analyst
System analysts research problems and plan solutions. This course provides knowledge on the principles of object oriented architecture and clean code design. This is important because the work of system analysts often involves designing databases. Also, their work involves setting up a good code structure. As a system analyst, you will find this course useful for understanding cohesion and coupling.
DevOps Engineer
DevOps engineers focus on automating and streamlining the software development lifecycle. While this course does not directly address DevOps practices, the principles of clean code design, software architecture, and test driven development can contribute to building more maintainable and testable software. Better software benefits from continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines. This course may be useful because it helps one understand how to build a foundation for DevOps practices.

Reading list

We've selected two books that we think will supplement your learning. Use these to develop background knowledge, enrich your coursework, and gain a deeper understanding of the topics covered in Software Architecture and Clean Code Design in OOP.
Must-read for anyone serious about writing maintainable and understandable code. It directly addresses the 'Clean Code Design' aspect of the course title. It provides practical advice and examples on how to write clean, elegant code that is easy to read, understand, and modify. This book valuable resource for understanding the principles of clean code and applying them to real-world projects.
Known as the 'Gang of Four' book, this is the definitive guide to design patterns. The course syllabus explicitly mentions GoF patterns, and this book provides a comprehensive overview of creational, structural, and behavioral patterns. It's a crucial resource for understanding how to apply design patterns to solve common software design problems. standard reference for software architects and developers.

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