1st Edition
by Mark Richards (Author), Neal Ford (Author)
Salary surveys worldwide
regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real
guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This book
provides the first comprehensive overview of software architecture’s
many aspects. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine
architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component
determination, diagramming and presenting architecture, evolutionary
architecture, and many other topics.
Mark Richards and Neal
Ford—hands-on practitioners who have taught software architecture
classes professionally for years—focus on architecture principles that
apply across all technology stacks. You’ll explore software architecture
in a modern light, taking into account all the innovations of the past
decade.
This book examines:
- Architecture patterns: The technical basis for many architectural decisions
- Components: Identification, coupling, cohesion, partitioning, and granularity
- Soft skills: Effective team management, meetings, negotiation, presentations, and more
- Modernity: Engineering practices and operational approaches that have changed radically in the past few years
- Architecture as an engineering discipline: Repeatable results, metrics, and concrete valuations that add rigor to software architecture
