97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know (Paperback)

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In this truly unique technical book, today's leading software architects present valuable principles on key development issues that go way beyond technology. More than four dozen architects -- including Neal Ford, Michael Nygard, and Bill de hOra -- offer advice for communicating with stakeholders, eliminating complexity, empowering developers, and many more practical lessons they've learned from years of experience. Among the 97 principles in this book, you'll find useful advice such as:

• Don't Put Your Resume Ahead of the Requirements (Nitin Borwankar)
• Chances Are, Your Biggest Problem Isn't Technical (Mark Ramm)
• Communication Is King; Clarity and Leadership, Its Humble Servants (Mark Richards)
• Simplicity Before Generality, Use Before Reuse (Kevlin Henney)
• For the End User, the Interface Is the System (Vinayak Hegde)
• It's Never Too Early to Think About Performance (Rebecca Parsons)

To be successful as a software architect, you need to master both business and technology. This book tells you what top software architects think is important and how they approach a project. If you want to enhance your career, 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know is essential reading.

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Richard Monson-Haefel , an independent software developer, coauthored all five editions of Enterprise JavaBeans and Java Message Service (all O'Reilly). He's a software architect specializing in multi-touch interfaces and a leading expert on enterprise computing. More detail on his work and writings can be found at www.monson-haefel.com.

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Product Details Paperback: 220 pages Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 1 edition (February 13, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 059652269X ISBN-13: 978-0596522698 Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #29,848 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books) Popular in these categories: (What's this?) #3 in  Books > Professional & Technical > Engineering > Civil > Surveying & Photogrammetry #19 in  Books > Computers & Internet > Hardware > Design & Architecture

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accidental complexity, contextual sense

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Collective Wisdom, Things Every Software Architect Should Know, Addison-Wesley Professional, Greg Nyberg, Mark Richards, Software Architect

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 16 of 17 people found the following review helpful: 1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the money, August 5, 2009 By  Charles D. Sewell "Charles Sewell" (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    Amazon Verified Purchase This book is just an accumulation random advice collected for "free" off a blog. You will feel like you have read a bunch of fotune cookies (i.e. "The longest trip begins with a single step") on the topic of architecture. Not a single topic is explored in depth since each topic is only 2 pages in length. I would not recommend this book. 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful: 3.0 out of 5 stars Lack of Detail, July 5, 2009 By  C. Roeder (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    I found many of the contributions interesting, but wished for more detail. Many are not much longer than a page and left me wanting. 11 of 12 people found the following review helpful: 1.0 out of 5 stars I want my money back, July 21, 2009 By  Rao Venugopal "Venu" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    Heavy on keywords and low on actual content / value. Imagine your Dad rings you up and says, "Be sure to go to work bright and early..." or "The early bird gets the worm" and proceeds to ramble on for 5 minutes about why that is important. We have all been through this kind of lecture. For politeness sake, you bite your tongue and zone out. Now replace Dad with Bill Gates/ Steve Jobs/ some famous architect. However the advice being doled out is similar. eg. "Be sure to have a decent UI for every component/ blah blah blah". How would you feel if you had to read 97 articles by famous architects / tech gurus, each 2 pages long and the entire content of the article is in the first introductory line itself. The rest is fluff. I don't know about you, but when I am paying 20+ dollars for a book, I expect more than simple fluff. -V		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 4.0 out of 5 stars Real world advice. Real world architecture advice from real world architects. Some of the suggestions are really good. Gives you some insight into an architect's mind. Published 1 month ago by sb248 3.0 out of 5 stars Not really about software architecture, but pleasant reading nonetheless [97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know] is much more broad than most people would expect from its title. Read more Published 3 months ago by brian d foy 4.0 out of 5 stars Easy and concise reading Such an easy and high quality reading should be on the bookshelf of every software architect. Published 4 months ago by Steven Koh 4.0 out of 5 stars Wisdom... After reading this book, I've made a firm decision that I do not want to be an architect. My decision is not because of the book however. Read more Published 4 months ago by Dustin Davis 4.0 out of 5 stars Worth looking into It is quite interesting reading with some real pearls in it. I think the most value out of the book can be taken by ones starting their architect career or planning so. Read more Published 6 months ago by Artur Kulinski 4.0 out of 5 stars Quick Gems and Reminders If you are in software development or architecture you will most likely get a few quick knowledge gems from this. Read more Published 7 months ago by G. Dickens 4.0 out of 5 stars Lessons learned It's a pretty interesting book if you like to read about lessons learned after projects and even to remember about things that you could've done differently. Published 7 months ago by George Estebe 4.0 out of 5 stars Not an all-time classic, but a very enjoyable reading Reading this book gave me a feeling like I was chatting with fellow software geeks at an informal meeting, exchanging experiences, suggestions and war stories. Read more Published 7 months ago by Foti Massimo 4.0 out of 5 stars 97 things by 53 architects There must be something not insignificant about the number "97", as a search for "97 things" retrieves multiple results here, and the follow-up books planned for this series (on... Read more Published 7 months ago by Erik Gfesser 2.0 out of 5 stars Where's the beef? There is very little material in this book and almost all of it is just simple common sense. I guess some people like to call these little snippets "pearls of wisdoms" but they... Read more Published 7 months ago by nobody Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 1 edition (February 13, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 059652269X
• ISBN-13: 978-0596522698
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #29,848 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

  Popular in these categories: (What's this?)

  #3 in	Books > Professional & Technical > Engineering > Civil > Surveying & Photogrammetry
  #19 in	Books > Computers & Internet > Hardware > Design & Architecture

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the money, August 5, 2009

By	Charles D. Sewell "Charles Sewell" (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Amazon Verified Purchase

This book is just an accumulation random advice collected for "free" off a blog. You will feel like you have read a bunch of fotune cookies (i.e. "The longest trip begins with a single step") on the topic of architecture. Not a single topic is explored in depth since each topic is only 2 pages in length.

I would not recommend this book.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lack of Detail, July 5, 2009

By	C. Roeder (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I found many of the contributions interesting, but wished for more detail. Many are not much longer than a page and left me wanting.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I want my money back, July 21, 2009

By	Rao Venugopal "Venu" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Heavy on keywords and low on actual content / value.

Imagine your Dad rings you up and says, "Be sure to go to work bright and early..." or "The early bird gets the worm" and proceeds to ramble on for 5 minutes about why that is important. We have all been through this kind of lecture. For politeness sake, you bite your tongue and zone out.

Now replace Dad with Bill Gates/ Steve Jobs/ some famous architect. However the advice being doled out is similar. eg. "Be sure to have a decent UI for every component/ blah blah blah".
How would you feel if you had to read 97 articles by famous architects / tech gurus, each 2 pages long and the entire content of the article is in the first introductory line itself. The rest is fluff.
I don't know about you, but when I am paying 20+ dollars for a book, I expect more than simple fluff.

-V