When to use which architectural style
Clean Architecture, the hexagonal architecture, and FCIS share a great deal of similarities that engineers may find hard to choose for their applications. The layers of these three architectural styles can be approximately mapped as follows:
|
Clean Architecture |
Hexagonal Architecture |
FCIS |
|
Entities |
Shared / Common libs |
Shared / Common libs |
|
Use Case |
Core / Domain / Port |
Core |
|
Interface Adapters |
Adapters |
Shell |
|
Frameworks and Drivers |
Adapters |
Shell |
Table 7.1 – Approximate mapping among the three architectural styles
If we accept...
