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Designing Software Architectures: A Practical Approach
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Designing Software Architectures: A Practical Approach

by Humberto Cervantes, Rick Kazman
May 2016
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
7h 37m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Preface

When asked about software architecture, people think frequently about models—that is, the representations of the structures that constitute the architecture. Less frequently, people think about the thought processes that produce these structures—that is, the process of design. Design is a complex activity to perform and a complex topic to write about, as it involves making a myriad of decisions that take into account many aspects of a system. These aspects are oftentimes hard to express, particularly when they originate from experience and knowledge that is hard-earned in the “battlefield” of previous software development projects. Nevertheless, the activity of design is the basis of software architecture and, as such, it begs to be explained. ...

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