This book provides a succinct overview of the subjects a software architect interacts with on a regular basis in today’s world. That is, it portrays a high-level snapshot of the field in 2024. It summarizes what the current technologies are and lists the different conceptual frameworks software technology uses. Microservices, cloud computing, software as a function, and the packages that oversee it fill the lists that Steve Abrams provides.
Its main weakness, however, is that the terrain of software quickly changes. This book, sadly, will be out of date in a few years. To work around that quagmire, a software book could dive into some theory beyond the packages that dominate the day’s market. However, this book lacks hefty software-engineering theory to explain the work of a software architect; it’s heavily practice-driven. I suppose some people will like that perspective, but most developers find such material on blogs, not in books that convey a greater permanence. I’m concerned that this book, short on foundational principles, is already becoming too dated one year after its publication.
Software Architecture for Developers: Designing Scalable and Maintainable Systems for the Real World
By Steve Abrams
Copyright (c) 2024
Independently Published
ASIN B0D3F27T4Z
Page Count: 117
Genre: Software Development