Abstract
Defining architecture and its relationship to requirements implementation and the design process. Introduction of architecture styles, architecture patterns, design patterns and discussion of their relationship to the development process. Review of tiered architectures, Client/Server principles, distributed architectures, and related topics. Introduction and discussion of many Internet implementation architectures including Web based static architectures, CGI, SAPI, .Net, and mobile architectures like iPad environments.
Keywords: Software architecture, architecture styles, architecture patterns, design patterns, multi-tier architectures, Internet architectures, protocols, reference architectures, hybrid architectures, mobile architectures.