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Software Design Decoded
This is a delightful little book on the perennial topic of how a software architect should think and behave. While that subject seems to attract shorter books, this one is very concise – the main content is just 66 two-page … Continue reading
Cloud Design Patterns
This is a very useful introduction to key cloud concepts and how common challenges can be met. It’s also a good overview of how Microsoft technologies may fit into these solutions, but avoids becoming so Microsoft-centric that it becomes useless … Continue reading
Service Design Patterns
One of the most influential architecture books of the early 00s was Enterprise Integration Patterns by Gregor Hohpe and Bobby Woolf. That book not only provided far and away the best set of patterns and supporting explanations for designers of … Continue reading
Next Generation SOA
This book sets out to provide a concise overview of the current state of, and best practices for, Service Oriented Architecture. While it may achieve that for some managerial readers, it is simultaneously too general for those with more background, … Continue reading
Enterprise Integration Patterms
An excellent book which will become a standard reference Continue reading
Software Architecture Organizational Principles and Patterns
An excellent book on how to make architectural changes work Continue reading
VB.NET for Developers
How Technical Books Should Be Written Continue reading
Realizing e-Business with Components
A very good, practical book Continue reading
Core J2EE Patterns
A good book, but with a shorter book trying to get out Continue reading
Software Architecture Bootcamp
A Game of Two Halves Continue reading
IT Architectures and Middleware
An influential book abut the real problems of big systems Continue reading