How to Design a Web Application: Software Architecture 101

The goal of this post is to give you a solid understanding of web architecture, the concepts involved, and how to pick the right architecture and technology when designing your app. The architecture is its base and has to be carefully thought out to avoid any major design changes & code refactoring at a later point in time. Each decision can have a considerable impact on quality, maintainability, performance, etc. The architecture helps define a solution to meet all the technical and operational requirements, with the common goal of optimizing for performance and security.