Software Design Architectural Patterns

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name: Software Design Architectural Patterns
description: Software architectural patterns are reusable solutions and best practices for organizing software system architecture.
  Key patterns include MVC (Model-View-Controller), Microservices, Layered Architecture, Event-Driven Architecture, CQRS (Command
  Query Responsibility Segregation), Hexagonal Architecture, and Service-Oriented Architecture. These patterns are documented
  by Microsoft Azure Architecture Center, AWS Well-Architected Framework, and the broader software engineering community.
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tags:
- Best Practices
- Design Patterns
- Software Architecture
- System Design
- Microservices
- MVC
- CQRS
- Event-Driven
created: '2026-05-02'
modified: '2026-05-02'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
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- aid: software-design-architectural-patterns:azure-architecture-center-api
  name: Azure Architecture Center
  description: Microsoft Azure Architecture Center provides guidance, patterns, and best practices for building cloud-native
    architectures. It documents architectural patterns including CQRS, Event Sourcing, Strangler Fig, Circuit Breaker, Bulkhead,
    and Retry patterns with implementation guidance.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/patterns/
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  tags:
  - Cloud Architecture
  - Architectural Patterns
  - Microsoft Azure
  - Best Practices
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  name: Microservices.io Patterns Catalog
  description: Microservices.io is a pattern language for microservices architectures, documenting patterns for decomposition,
    data management, communication, deployment, and cross-cutting concerns. It covers API Gateway, Saga, Event Sourcing, CQRS,
    and Strangler Application patterns.
  humanURL: https://microservices.io/patterns/
  baseURL: https://microservices.io/
  tags:
  - Microservices
  - Architectural Patterns
  - API Gateway
  - Event Sourcing
  - CQRS
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    url: https://microservices.io/patterns/
  - type: Website
    url: https://microservices.io/
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  url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architectural_pattern
- type: Reference
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- type: Reference
  url: https://microservices.io/patterns/
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