Every developer must understand two things: Architecture design is necessary. Fancy architecture diagrams don’t describe the real architecture of an application. The real architecture is found from the code that is written by developers, and if we don’t design the architecture of our application, we will end up with an application that has more than one architecture. Does this mean that developers should be ruled by architects? No. Architecture design is far too important to be left to the architects, and that is why every developer, who wants to be more than just a type writer, must be good at it. Let’s start our journey by taking a look at the two principles that will help us to design a better and a simpler architecture for our Spring powered web application. The Two Pillars of a Good Architecture Architecture design can feel like an overwhelming task. The reason for this is that many developers are taught to believe that architecture design must be done by people who are guardians of a mystical wisdom. These…