Foundations of Software Architecture and Monolithic Systems
Completed by Austin Poythress
March 5, 2026
7 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Master monolithic architecture and design scalable applications with key principles like KISS, YAGNI, and DRY.
Learn how to decompose monolithic systems into microservices for enhanced flexibility and scalability.
Understand the concepts of vertical and horizontal scaling and apply them to optimize application performance.
Gain hands-on experience with building, coding, and scaling real-world systems like e-commerce applications.
Skills you will gain
- Category: Data Architecture
- Category: Distributed Computing
- Category: Database Architecture and Administration
- Category: Service Oriented Architecture
- Category: System Design and Implementation
- Category: Microservices
- Category: Systems Analysis
- Category: Service Design
- Category: Application Deployment
