Leverage leadership knowledge to make better software architecture decisions. Think deeply but implement slowly. The overarching goal of software systems (hence, for software architecture) is to build systems that meet quality standards and that provide the highest return on investment (ROI) in the long run or within a defined period of time. A great product requires a combination of technology, leadership, and product management (including UX). Leadership...

Most applications, even the funky cloud-native microservices ones, need high-performance, production-grade infrastructure to run on. Having impeccable knowledge of Docker will help you thrive in the modern cloud-first world. With this book, you will gain the skills you need in order to work with Docker and its containers. The book begins with an introduction to containers and explains their functionality and application in the real world. You will...

"Universal Principles of Architecture illustrates in 100 concepts the importance, possibilities, challenges, and roles that architecture plays in shaping the world. Divided into Archetypes, Methods, Conditions, Relationships, and Imaginaries, each of the five sections in the book introduces in 20 principles architecture at different scales and stages of the design process. Through an inclusive and holistic approach, the book refers to initial design...

Having a great idea or design is not enough to make your software project succeed. If you want stakeholders to buy into your design and teams to collaborate and contribute to the vision, you also need to communicate effectively. In this practical book, author Jacqui Read shows you how to successfully present your architecture and get stakeholders to jump on board. Misunderstanding and lack of buy-in leads to increasing costs, unmet requirements, and...

Join us for a special conversation with Sam Newman and Marianne Bellotti, best-selling author, builder of the data infrastructure for the United Nations, and fixer of some of the oldest and most complicated computer systems in the world as part of United States Digital Service. They'll discuss how to tame and modernize complex systems and explain why any kind of modernization or large-scale migration requires thinking about the people side of the...

Join us for a special conversation with Neal Ford and Michael Feathers, founder and director of R7K Research & Conveyance, where they'll discuss the best way to handle making improvements to a large, unfamiliar code base--a task that starts with understanding code base technologies you've never seen before. Understanding the system, something that is rarely taught, is a vital part of software development. You'll hear about the patterns you can use...

Join us for a special conversation with Neal Ford and Anna Shipman, technical director at the Financial Times (FT). They'll discuss how the company brought seven disparate technical groups into a single cohesive engineering group with one tech strategy, focusing on how the FT changes its strategy to meet changing business needs. They'll also delve into ways of aligning engineering work with business strategy, how to refresh the vision and communicate...

Join us for a special conversation with Neal Ford and Kent Beck, programmer, creator of Extreme Programming, pioneer of software patterns, coauthor of JUnit, rediscoverer of test-driven development, and signer of the Agile Manifesto. They'll discuss how software design is an exercise in human relations, then get into the work Kent is doing to empower geeks everywhere to improve software design, starting with making small changes to code (tidyings)...

1,500 A-Z entries cover all aspects of architecture, from architects, building types, and movements and styles to materials, aspects of design, and definitions. The Companion offers complete coverage of architecture from around the world, giving equal weight to architecture in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and South America as to the more familiar examples from Western Europe and the United States, and of both modern and vernacular architecture....