Software Architecture In Software Engineering. In fact software architecture and software engineering often overlap. In this paper we provide an introduction to the field of software architecture.
It is a higher level abstraction than software engineering. Clements Paul 1955 II. Software subsists of carefully-organized instructions and code written by developers on any of various particular computer languages.
Architecture focuses on relationships and how the elements and components interact with each other as does software engineering.
Software architecture in practice Len Bass Paul Clements Rick Kazman3rd ed. In other words the software architecture provides a sturdy foundation on which software can be built. Software subsists of carefully-organized instructions and code written by developers on any of various particular computer languages. Understanding of software architectures allows the engineer to make principled choices among design alternatives.