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Evolutionary architectural patterns with Clean and Hexagonal Architecture

Basics
14
seats
German
From
2026-11-26
with
Matthias Eschhold
,
Online

Training objectives

  • Recognize the problems of layered architecture and be able to address them using ports & adapters and functional modularization
  • Implement clean and hexagonal architecture and differentiate between these architectural patterns
  • Be able to apply different modularization variants and mapping strategies for the clean and hexagonal architecture
  • Be able to specifically use design patterns to map relationships between domain-oriented building blocks
  • Be able to continuously test your architecture using architecture tests and apply the evolutionary architecture mindset

Curriculum

**Day 1

Software architecture as structure and methodology

  • Functional system decomposition and modularization
  • Architectural patterns, architectural principles, design patterns and pattern language
  • Time-to-adaptation and structural quality of software architecture

Ports & adapters as architectural patterns

  • The weaknesses of layered architecture
  • From layered architecture to ports & adapters architecture patterns

Creating an isolated domain

  • Implementation of business objects and specialized values according to the principle of the rich domain model
  • Implement domain-related data validation
  • Distribute different tasks to the class stereotypes Service, Root Entity, Entity and Value Object
  • Code exercise: Domain model

Hexagonal Architecture

  • Implementation of business objects and specialist values according to the principle of the rich domain model
  • Implement domain-related data validation
  • Distribute different tasks to the class stereotypes Service, Root Entity, Entity and Value Object
  • Code exercise: Domain model

Clean Architecture

  • The domain in the clean architecture
  • The use case ring of the clean architecture
  • Principles of the use case section
  • The framework ring of the clean architecture
  • Call flow through the clean architecture
  • Code exercise: Use case ring and framework ring

**Day 2

**Mapping strategies

  • One-way, two-way and full mapping strategy
  • Simplifying mappings with third-party libraries
  • Mappers, converters and factories
  • Code exercise: Two-way mapping strategy

Domain-Driven Modularization

  • Modularization with domain modules using root entities
  • Structuring domain modules
  • Design patterns for relationships between domain modules
  • Coding exercise: Dependencies between domain modules

**Evolutionary architecture

  • Motivation for architecture discipline based on the Broken Window Theory
  • The mindset of evolutionary architecture
  • Fitness Functions for Clean and Hexagonal Architecture
  • Coding exercise: Clean Architecture Fitness Functions with ArchUnit

Trainers

Matthias Eschhold

Lead Architect at EnBW

Main Skills

Architecture, Domain-driven Design

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Student

Although big upfront design is thankfully a thing of the past in agile software development, architectural work remains of central importance. In the AGILA training, Stefan Toth does an excellent job of teaching approaches for integrating iterative architecture work into an agile context.
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Daniel Wochnik
Daniel Wochnik

Senior Managing Consultant at atra.consulting

Student

For many developers, "documentation" is usually a rather dry topic – but Stefan Zörner thoroughly refutes this cliché in the two-day ADOC training (which flew by). In addition to the usual ingredients of architectural documentation and the common tools for creating such documents, I was able to significantly expand my methodological toolkit. And I was never bored (not least because of Stefan's relaxed manner and the exchange with the other participants) – because not every cliché is true.

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Martin Helmich

Head of Architecture & Developer Relations at mittwald

Student

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Thomas Traude
Thomas Traude

IT-Consultant bei codecentric AG

Student

The training was excellently structured and prepared, and it conveys well that this topic is about people and that communication is at the center. After the 3-day training, a good foundation has been laid for the topic, allowing you to also delve into the technical aspects of DDD. The trainer brings enthusiasm for the subject while remaining reflective and open to discussion.

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Birgit Chmelar

Software Developer at iteratec