Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach

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

• Semantic Software Design: A New Theory and Practical Guide for Modern Architects
• Architecture Patterns with Python: Enabling Test-Driven Development, Domain-Driven Design, and Event-Driven Microservices
• Cloud Native: Using Containers, Functions, and Data to Build Next-Generation Applications
• Cloud Native Transformation: Practical Patterns for Innovation
• Monolith to Microservices: Evolutionary Patterns to Transform Your Monolith
• Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time
• Database Internals: A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work
• An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management
• Kubernetes Best Practices: Blueprints for Building Successful Applications on Kubernetes
• The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data