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Fundamentals of Software Engineering
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Fundamentals of Software Engineering

by Nathaniel Schutta, Dan Vega
November 2025
Beginner
404 pages
10h 38m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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About the Authors

Nathaniel T. Schutta is a software architect and Java Champion focused on cloud computing, developer happiness, and building usable applications. A proponent of polyglot programming, Nate has written multiple books and appeared in countless videos and many podcasts. He’s also a seasoned speaker who regularly presents at worldwide conferences, meetups, universities, and user groups. In addition to his day job, Nate is an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota, where he teaches students to embrace (and evaluate) technical change. Driven to rid the world of bad presentations, he coauthored the book Presentation Patterns with Neal Ford and Matthew McCullough, and he also published Thinking Architecturally and Responsible Microservices, which are available from O’Reilly.

Dan Vega, a Spring developer advocate at Broadcom and Java Champion, has over 20 years of software development experience. A passionate problem-solver, he actively shares knowledge as a blogger, YouTuber, course creator, and speaker, inspiring fellow developers through continuous learning.

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