List of books on the general topic of software architecture. The list is somewhat broad, and includes older and newer books. Suggestions for additions welcome.
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Patterns for API Design by Cesare Pautasso, Olaf Zimmermann, Mirko Stocker, and 2 others
In Patterns for API Design: Simplifying Integration with Loosely Coupled Message Exchanges, five expert architects and developers cover the entire …
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Patterns for API Design by Cesare Pautasso, Olaf Zimmermann, Mirko Stocker, and 2 others
In Patterns for API Design: Simplifying Integration with Loosely Coupled Message Exchanges, five expert architects and developers cover the entire …
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Arie van Deursen says: Argues that the successful architect should easily navigate between “engine room” (in the basement) and the boardroom (at the top of the sky scraper).
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Software Systems Architecture, 2nd Edition by Nick Rozanski, Eóin Woods
4 stars
Software Systems Architecture is a practitioner-oriented guide to designing and implementing effective architectures for information systems. It is both a …
Arie van Deursen says: A systematic approach that distinguishing stakeholders, the system properties they need, the system's context, and six architectural views that help realizing the desired properties in the given context.
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Lean architecture for Agile software development by Jim Coplien, Gertrud Bjørnvig
3 stars
More and more Agile projects are seeking architectural roots as they struggle with complexity and scale - and they're seeking …
Arie van Deursen says: A book targeting smaller teams, with a strong focus on delivering (customer) value.
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Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture by Martin Fowler (Signature)
5 stars
This book started after Dave Rice and I gave some talks on J2EE architecture and mulled over how the concepts …
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Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann
Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues need to be figured out, such …
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Patterns of Distributed Systems by Unmesh Joshi
A Patterns Approach to Designing Distributed Systems and Solving Common Implementation Problems
More and more enterprises today are dependent on …
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Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps by Gene Kim, Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble
5 stars
This book goes into depth on research that shows how DevOps techniques can make technology organizations more effective. Fundamentally, they …
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Software Architecture by Mary Shaw, David Garlan
3 stars
Good software developers often adopt one or several architectural patterns as strategies for system organization. But, although they use these …
