Modular Software Design with MIM AA: An Alternative to Prescriptive Architectural Templates
By
codingfox
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Summary
The article advocates for a modular software design approach called MIM AA (Module Infrastructure-Module Architecture) as an alternative to prescriptive architectural templates like Clean or Hexagonal Architectures. It recommends dividing applications into independent modules containing business logic for specific processes, and extracting infrastructure-related code into separate Infrastructure-Modules for modules with complex logic. This approach aims to create applications with low cognitive load, high maintainability, and high extensibility by focusing on modular design principles rather than rigid architectural patterns.
Key quotes
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Divide the application into independent modules, each containing business logic representing a specific process.
For modules with complex business logic, extract the infrastructure-related code into separate Infrastructure-Modules.
This will enable you to build an application characterized by low cognitive load, high maintainability, and high extensibility.
This approach is called MIM AA (Module Infrastructure-Module Architecture).
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