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Is there a role for the C4 model in designing mobile app development?
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Yes, the C4 model can also be useful in designing mobile app development.
The C4 model is an approach to modeling the architecture of software systems in a simple and intuitive way. It is primarily focused on system architecture visualization and is used to represent the structure, components and relationships of applications and systems. In mobile app development, the C4 model can play the following roles:
Structural Visualization: Visualizing the mobile app architecture and component relationships helps the entire development team understand the structure of the system.
Code organization: The C4 model helps organize code in large-scale mobile app development projects. Developers can manage their code more efficiently because the separation of components and modules is clearer.
Aid communication: To aid communication within teams and between stakeholders, the C4 model provides a common language. Reduce miscommunication and improve project understanding by visually sharing architectural information.
Change management: The C4 model can help you understand the impact of future changes and updates by understanding your mobile app’s architecture. Gain insight into how changes in one part of the system affect other parts.
The C4 model is not limited to mobile app development, but is widely used for general software architecture visualization. Depending on the size and complexity of your project, adopting the C4 model will effectively manage your application design and development process.
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Is this C4 model a basic design or a detailed design?
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The C4 model sits between basic design and detailed design.
High-level design is the stage of defining the architecture and overall structure of the system. At this stage, system components, subsystems, and interfaces are abstractly designed based on requirements. A basic design is an overview of the system and the architectural decisions that are made to meet the requirements.
Detailed design is the stage of defining the structure and behavior of the system at a more concrete level based on the results of the basic design. At this stage, we design detailed specifications, interfaces, data structures, algorithms, etc. for the components and subsystems defined in the basic design. Detailed design is the design stage that is directly reflected in the program or code.
The C4 model is a modeling method for layering and visualizing the application architecture, and is often used at the basic design stage. The C4 model is good for understanding the relationships and hierarchical structure of system components and subsystems, but it is not directly suitable for designing concrete code or algorithms down to the level of detailed design. There are cases.
In the detailed design, based on the architecture of the C4 model, detailed design of components and modules will be done using more specific class diagrams, sequence diagrams, database schemas, etc. The C4 model is an important tool for architectural visualization during the basic design stage, but more specific modeling techniques are used during the detailed design stage.