What are the ingredients of robust, elegant, flexible, and
maintainable software architecture? Beautiful Architecture seeks to
answer this question with a collection of intriguing essays from
more than a dozen of today's leading software designers and
architects. In each essay, one or two contributors present a
favorite piece of software architecture, and analyze what makes it
innovative and ideal for its purpose.Some of the engineers in this
book reveal how they developed a specific project, including the
decisions they faced and the tradeoffs they made, while others take
a step back to investigate the impact certain architectural aspects
have had on computing as a whole.
Topics include:
Facebook's architecture as the basis for a data-centric
application ecosystem
The magic behind the Jikes RVM self-optimizable, self-hosting
runtime for a high-level language Differences and similarities
between object-oriented and functional architectural analysis
How architectures can affect system evolution and developer
engagement
The effect of Xen's well-designed architecture on the way
operating systems evolve Design choices and building blocks that
made Tandem the platform of choice in high-availability
environments for over two decades
How creeping featurism has helped GNU Emacs gain unanticipated
functionality
How community processes can help software architectures evolve from
rough sketches to beautiful systems
Go behind the scenes to learn what it takes to design elegant
software architecture, and how it can shape the way you approach
your own projects, with Beautiful Architecture.
"Das [...] Werk ist ein klassisches 'Lehnsessel-Buch'. Machen Sie es sich mit einem Getränk Ihrer Wahl gemütlich und tauchen Sie ein in interessante Architekturen. Seinem Ziel, diese vorzustellen, wird es in jedem Fall gerecht. Folglich kann ich seine Lektüre jedem Software-Entwickler und -Architekten empfehlen." - KaffeeKlatsch, Mai 2009
"Das [...] Werk ist ein klassisches 'Lehnsessel-Buch'. Machen Sie es sich mit einem Getränk Ihrer Wahl gemütlich und tauchen Sie ein in interessante Architekturen. Seinem Ziel, diese vorzustellen, wird es in jedem Fall gerecht. Folglich kann ich seine Lektüre jedem Software-Entwickler und -Architekten empfehlen." -- KaffeeKlatsch, Mai 2009
Diomidis Spinellis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management Science and Technology at the Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece. His research interests include software engineering, programming languages, internet information systems, computer security, and intelligent optimization methods. He holds an MEng in Software Engineering and a PhD in Computer Science both from Imperial College London.
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