1 Introduction to Software Architecture 

1.1   Overview 
1.2   Software Architecture: Bridging Software Requirement
       and Software Implementation   
1.3   Architectural Styles            
1.4   Quality Attributes              
1.5   Guidelines for Software Architectural Design
1.6   Summary               
1.7   Self-Review Questions       

 2 Software Architecture Design Space    

2.1   Overview           
2.2   Types of Software Structures    
2.3   Software Elements              
2.4   Software Connectors    
2.5   An Agile Approach to Software Architecture Design 
2.6   Summary               
2.7   Self-Review Questions       

 3 Models for Software Architecture        

3.1   Overview              
3.2   UML for Software Architecture 
3.3   Architecture Views             
3.4   Architectural Description Languages (ADL) 
3.5   Summary               
3.6   Self-Review Questions       
3.7   Exercises               
3.8   Design Exercises 

 4 Object Oriented Paradigm       

 4.1   Overview              
4.2   Introducing Object Oriented Paradigm  
4.3   OO Analysis   
4.4  OO Design  
4.5   Design Principles
4.6   Summary
4.7   Self-Review Questions       
4.8   Exercises        
4.9   Design Exercises 
4.10 Challenging Exercises

5 Data Flow Architecture           

5.1   Overview      
5.2   Batch Sequential 
5.3   Pipe & Filter Architecture  
5.4   Process-Control Architecture  
5.5   Summary               
5.6   Self-Review Questions   
5.7   Exercises               
5.8   Design Exercises 

 6 Data Centered Software Architecture   

6.1   Overview            
6.2   Repository Architecture Style  
6.3   Blackboard Architecture Style      
6.4   Summary               
6.5   Self-Review Questions       
6.6   Exercises               
6.7   Design Exercises 

 7 Hierarchy Architecture           

 7.1   Overview              
7.2   Main/Subroutine 
7.3   Master/Slave   
7.4   Layered
7.5   Virtual Machine 
7.6   Summary       
7.7   Self-Review Questions     
7.8   Exercises               
7.9   Design and Exercises         

8 Implicit Asynchronous Communication Software Architecture      

 8.1   Overview             
8.2   Non-Buffered Event-Based Implicit Invocations   
8.3   Buffered Message-Based Software Architecture   
8.4   Summary               
8.5   Self-Review Questions       
8.6   Exercises        
8.7   Design and Exercises         

 9 Interaction Oriented Software Architecture        

 9.1   Overview         
9.2   Model-View-Controller(MVC)          
9.3   Presentation-Abstraction-Control (PAC)       
9.4   Summary               
9.5   Self-Review Questions
9.6   Exercises              
9.7   Design Exercises 

 10 Distributed Architecture       

 10.1 Introduction   
10.2 Client/Server   
10.3 Multi-tiers     
10.4 Broker Architectural Style     
10.5 Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)            
10.6 Summary           
10.7 Self-Review Questions 
10.8 Exercises               
10.9 Design Exercises 

 11 Component-Based Software Architecture         

 11.1 Overview     
11.2 What is a Component  
11.3 Principles of Component-Based Design  
11.4 Summary               
11.5 Self-Review Questions       
11.6 Exercises           
11.7 Design Exercises  

12 Heterogeneous Architecture               

 12.1 Overview     
12.2 Methodology of Architecture Decision  
12.3 Quality Attributes               
12.4 Selection of Architectural Styles      
12.5 Evaluation of Architecture Designs
12.6 Case Study: Online Computer Vendor  
12.7 Summary               
12.8 Self-Review Questions       
12.9 Exercises               
12.10  Design Exercises 
12.11  Challenging Exercises

 13 Architecture of Graphical User Interfaces

 13.1 Overview
13.2 Evolution of User Interfaces
13.3 Look-and-Feel (Syntax) of User Interfaces
13.4 Usability (Semantics) of User Interfaces
13.5 Design Considerations of User Interfaces
13.6 Enabling Technology
13.7 Direct Manipulation
13.8 Evaluation of User Interfaces
13.9 Summary
13.10 Self-Review Questions
13.11 Exercises
13.12 Design Exercises

  14 Product Line Architectures 

 14.1 Overview
14.2 Introduction and Motivation
14.3 Domain Engineering: Institutionalizing Software Reuse
14.4 Product Line Architectures (PLA)
14.5 A Product Line Analysis Example
14.6 Summary
14.7 Self-Review Questions
14.8 Exercises
14.9 Design exercises