Tag: software-architecture

January 2018

Modular Application Architecture - Considerations

  • 2018-01-03
  • php, extensibility, plugins, patterns, api, software-design, software-architecture, modules, software, design

When developing software, sometimes we need to allow our application to have plug-ins or modules developed by third parties.
In this post we will take a general overview on how some popular design patterns can allow us to create plugin based applications and some considerations to keep in mind when implementing them.

December 2017

Modular Application Architecture - Inheritance

  • 2017-12-13
  • php, extensibility, plugins, inheritance, api, software-design, software-architecture, modules, twig, classes

When developing software, sometimes we need to allow our application to have plug-ins or modules developed by third parties.
In this post we will see how "inheritance" can help us to build a plugin system for our application.

November 2017

Modular Application Architecture - Pipelines

  • 2017-11-30
  • php, extensibility, plugins, hooks, api, software-design, software-architecture, modules, core, events

When developing software, sometimes we need to allow our application to have plug-ins or modules developed by third parties.
In this post we will see in which contexts "pipelines" can be used as plugin mechanism.

Modular Application Architecture - Events

  • 2017-11-14
  • php, extensibility, plugins, hooks, api, software-design, software-architecture, modules, core, events

When developing software, sometimes we need to allow our application to have plug-ins or modules developed by third parties.
In this post we will start looking on how to implement a plugin-system by using "events".

Modular Application Architecture - Intro

  • 2017-11-01
  • php, extensibility, plugins, hooks, api, software-design, software-architecture, modules, core

When developing software, sometimes we need to allow our application to have plug-ins or modules developed by third parties. Creating a robust architecture that allows a powerful mechanism can be challenging. In this series of posts we will see some strategies to do it.

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