Ni nini miundo ya kawaida ya usanifu (layered, hexagonal, n.k.)?

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Zaidi ya miundo ya kiwango cha kitu (object-level), **miundo ya usanifu** inabainisha muundo wa kiwango cha juu cha programu — kama **layered**, **hexagonal (ports and adapters)**, **clean architecture**, na **event-driven**. Wanaoganiza mifumo nzima kwa ajili ya uwezekano wa kuendelea, kupima (testability), na kubadilika (flexibility).

## Layered (n-tier) architecture

```text
LAYERED → organize the app into horizontal LAYERS, each with a responsibility:
  PRESENTATION (UI) → APPLICATION/business logic → DATA ACCESS → DATABASE
  → each layer depends only on the layer below; clear separation
  ✓ simple, common, organized  ✗ can become rigid; layers can leak; less flexible
```

## Hexagonal / Clean architecture

```text
HEXAGONAL (ports & adapters) / CLEAN architecture → the core business logic is ISOLATED
from external concerns (UI, database, frameworks):
  → the DOMAIN/core depends on NOTHING external; external things (DB, UI, APIs) plug in
    via interfaces ("ports") and "adapters"
  → dependencies point INWARD (toward the domain) → the core is independent and testable
  ✓ highly testable, flexible (swap DB/UI/frameworks), domain-focused
  ✗ more complexity/structure (justified for complex domains)
```

## Miundo mingine ya usanifu

```text
EVENT-DRIVEN → components communicate via events (decoupled, scalable, reactive)
MICROSERVICES → independent services (covered in system design)
MVC/MVVM → UI architecture (covered separately)
CQRS / EVENT SOURCING → separate read/write; events as the source of truth
PIPELINE / pipes-and-filters → data flows through processing stages
→ choose based on the system's complexity, domain, and needs
```

## Kwa nini inakusudiwa

Kuelewa miundo ya kawaida ya usanifu ni ujuzi muhimu wa kiwango cha juu (senior-level) kwa sababu inaeleza **jinsi programu nzima zinavyoandaliwa**, inathiri sana uwezekano wa kuendelea na kubadilika, kwa hivyo inakuwa muhimu kwa ajili ya kuandaa mifumo iliyoandaliwa vizuri.

Minudo ya usanifu inafanya kazi katika kiwango cha juu kuliko miundo ya kiwango cha kitu, ikiandaa mifumo nzima.

Kuelewa **layered architecture** (kuandaa katika tabaka za usawa — uwasilianaji (presentation), mantiki ya biashara (business logic), ufikiaji wa data (data access) — kila moja inategemea ile iliyo chini, ikitoa muundo rahisi na kawaida lakini inaweza kuwa na rigidity) ni msingi, kwa sababu ni muundo wa kawaida zaidi wa programu.

Kuelewa **hexagonal/clean architecture** ni muhimu sana: kuziga mantiki ya biashara ya msingi kutoka kwa wasiwasi wa nje (UI, database, frameworks) ili kikoa (domain) kikasimu juu ya kitu hakikitegemeane na kitu cha nje wakati mambo ya nje yanajiunga kupitia ports na adapters, na **tegemezi inaelekea ndani kuelekea kikoa** — ikitengeneza msingi usiotegemeane, unaweza kupimwa sana, na unabadilika (unakamatia kubadili databases, UIs, na frameworks).

Mkondo huu unaozingatia kikoa ni mafusha katika usanifu wa kisasa kwa vikoa vya ngumu, ingawa unaongeza muundo unaohitaji kujeza.

Kuelewa **miundo mingine ya usanifu** — event-driven (isiyo na utegemezi, inayojibu), microservices, MVC/MVVM, **CQRS/event sourcing** (kuweka mbali kusoma/kuandika, matukio kama chanzo cha ukweli), na pipeline/pipes-and-filters — kuongeza uelewa wa jinsi mifumo inaweza kuandaliwa.

Kuelewa miundo hii na **kuchagua kulingana na ugumu wa mifumo, kikoa, na mahitaji** inaonyesha hukumu ya usanifu kuchagua kuandaa programu ipasavyo.

Minudo ya usanifu inathiri sana uwezekano wa kuendelea, kupima, na kubadilika kwa mifumo — kuchagua na kutumia vizuri ni ujuzi muhimu wa kiwango cha juu.

Kwa sababu miundo ya usanifu inaeleza jinsi programu nzima zinavyoandaliwa (inathiri sana uwezekano wa kuendelea, kupima, na kubadilika) na kuelewa chaguzi (layered, hexagonal/clean, event-driven, CQRS) na kuchagua ipasavyo inakuwa muhimu kwa ajili ya kuandaa mifumo iliyoandaliwa vizuri, kuelewa miundo ya kawaida ya usanifu ni ujuzi muhimu wa kiwango cha juu — muhimu kwa muundo wa programu nzima vizuri (hasa mkondo wa mafusha wa clean/hexagonal kwa ajili ya mifumo inayokatazwa, iliyozingatia kikoa), inaonyesha hukumu ya usanifu inatarajiwa kutoka kwa waendelezaji wa kiwango cha juu wanaandaa muundo wa mifumo, na inakomea miundo ya kiwango cha kitu na muundo wa kiwango cha juu.