Software Architecture: The Hard Parts: Modern Trade-Off Analyses for Distributed Architectures

This book provides techniques to help software architects analyze trade-offs and effectively document their decisions, make better decisions regarding service granularity, understand the complexities of breaking apart monolithic applications, manage and decouple contracts between services, handle data in a highly distributed architecture, and learn patterns to manage workflow and transactions when breaking apart applications.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 450 pages
\n Publication date: 09 November 2021
\n Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA
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Software architecture presents a complex landscape, where making decisions is not an easy task. Instead, it involves navigating through numerous challenging aspects, such as difficult problems or issues with no established best practices. This book aims to equip readers with the critical thinking skills necessary to evaluate the trade-offs involved in distributed architectures.

Drawing on the expertise of architecture veterans and practicing consultants Neal Ford, Mark Richards, Pramod Sadalage, and Zhamak Dehghani, the book delves into various strategies for selecting an appropriate architecture. Through an engaging narrative centered around a fictional group of technology professionals known as the Sysops Squad, the authors examine a wide range of topics, including determining service granularity, managing workflows and orchestration, managing and decoupling contracts, and optimizing operational characteristics such as scalability, elasticity, and performance.

By focusing on commonly asked questions and real-world scenarios, this book provides practical techniques to help architects discover and weigh the trade-offs as they confront the issues they face in their roles. It offers insights into analyzing trade-offs and effectively documenting decisions, enabling readers to make informed choices regarding service granularity, breaking apart monolithic applications, managing and decoupling contracts, and handling data in highly distributed architectures. Additionally, the book introduces patterns to manage workflow and transactions when breaking apart applications, contributing to the development of skilled architects capable of navigating the complexities of software architecture.

\n Weight: 792g\n
Dimension: 177 x 234 x 28 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781492086895\n \n