I’ve had a chance to catch up with Software Engineering Radio recently and I was particularly impressed with their podcasts on Software Architecture. These are definitely worth a listen for anyone who wants to get a basic understanding of what a software architecture is and what issues are involved when creating a software architecture.

Episode 23: Architecture Pt. 1 covers ‘fundamental topics’ e.g. what is architecture? and how does it differ from design?

Episode 25: Architecture Pt. 2 talks about quality attributes and their inter-relationships.

Episode 30: Architecture Pt. 3 talks about some of the standard approaches an architect can use and how they relate to the different quality attributes discussed in the previous episode.