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When two of your authors, Neal and Mark, were writing the book Fundamentals of Software Architecture, we kept coming across complex examples in architecture that we wanted to cover but that were too difficult. Each one offered no easy solutions but rather a collection of messy trade-offs. We set those examples aside into a pile we called “The Hard Parts.” Once that book was finished, we looked at the now gigantic pile of hard parts and tried to figure out: why are these problems so difficult to solve in modern architectures?
We took all the examples and worked through them like architects, applying trade-off analysis for each situation, but also paying attention to the process we used to arrive at the trade-offs. One of our early revelations was the increasing importance of data in architecture decisions: who can/should access data, who can/should write to it, and how to manage the separation of analytical and operational data.
To that end, we asked experts in those fields to join us, which allows this book to fully incorporate decision making from both angles: architecture to data and data to architecture.
The result is this book: a collection of difficult problems in modern software architecture, the trade-offs that make the decisions hard, and ultimately an illustrated guide to show you how to apply the same trade-off analysis to your own unique problems.
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| What is it? | Head First Software Architecture teaches you how to think architecturally and explores the unique challenges of software architecture, using a visually rich format to engage your mind. | A comprehensive overview of aspects of software architecture including architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, diagramming and presenting architecture, evolutionary architecture, and more. | A comprehensive guide to communicating software architecture. Learn how to successfully present your architecture and get stakeholders to jump on board. | Learn how to combine organizational and technical knowledge in order to effect change in your company’s structure and processes. | There are many hard parts in software architecture that force you to choose among various compromises. This book teaches you how to think critically about the trade-offs. | Explore how teams can collaborate on the architectures of their systems to ensure that everyone and everything is working toward the same goal. |
| What you'll learn | The distinction between architecture and design; the relationship between code, components, and architectural styles; and how to work with common architectural styles. | How to use architecture patterns and make architectural decisions; how to use coupling, cohesion, partitioining, and granuality; soft skills; and engineering practices. | How to design appropriate diagrams and documentation, and master written, verbal, and nonverbal communication to succeed in technical settings. | How to work with an organization as a whole, connecting the IT engine room to the penthouse, where the business strategy is defined. | How to determine service granularity, manage workflows and orchestration, manage and decouple contracts, and manage distributed transactions to how to optimize operational characteristics. | How to create a collaborative, decentralized mindset that allows everyone to do architecture and build the best systems they've ever experienced. |
| Who is this book for? | If you're a software developer looking for a quick on-ramp to software architecture, this handy guide is a great place to start. | Senior software developers, aspiring and 'accidental' software architects, and software architects looking to solidify their knowledge. | Software developers and software architects who want to learn how to communicate their architectures effectively. | Software architects, senior developers, enterprise architects and senior technologists. | Software architects who are ready to delve into the 'hard parts' of software architecture. | Those who are in a position to affect change in how their software is architected and designed and are inclined to try something new. |
| Who else is it for? | Those who want to gain an understanding of architectural dimensions and understand the differences between architecture and design. | Those in other roles that need to understand the main concepts of software architecture. | Those in other roles that work with software architecture and want to understand diagrams and documentation further. | CTOs, senior technical architects and IT managers who are devising an IT strategy that impacts the way the organization works. | Those in other roles who would like to understand more about the complex decisions in software architecture. | Traditional decision-makers (aka architects) who know that ‘doing architecture the way we always have’ no longer works, as well as developers keen to step up and take on architecture responsibility. |
