# Seven Software Architectural Patterns: A Plain-English Guide

DevFeed: [Seven Software Architectural Patterns: A Plain-English Guide](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/7-architectural-patterns-you-must-know-17735.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.amigoscode.com/p/7-architectural-patterns-you-must>)

Author: Nelson Djalo

Published: 2025-04-16T16:00:23Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Amigoscode Newsletter](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/amigoscode-newsletter.md>)

Topics: [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Microservice](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservice.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [microservices-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microservices-architecture.md>), [monolithic-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monolithic-architecture.md>), [patterns](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/patterns.md>), [software-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-design.md>)

## AI overview

A plain-English guide to seven software architectural patterns: monolithic, layered, microservices, SOA, MVC, event-driven, and master-slave. It explains how these patterns organize software and discusses tradeoffs such as simplicity, scalability, complexity, and collaboration.

## Source excerpt

A simple guide to 7 software architectural patterns -- monolithic, layered, microservices, SOA, MVC, event-driven, and master-slave -- explained in plain English.