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Architecture in practice

Lesson 1: model versus view

One model can be explored at different levels.

For First-time modellers

Work through a real model.

Open the example, follow its connections and make a change. Edits save in a separate browser draft. Your main draft remains unchanged.

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  1. Open the example and identify Customer and Order system.

  2. Open Order system. Find Public API and Order database.

  3. Return with the breadcrumb. Explain which objects stayed in the model.

  4. Rename Public API, export JSON and find its unchanged ID with its new label.

Take the next step.

Use the task guide for the exact controls and permissions. Keep a portable export when you have made a change you want to preserve.

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