Fundamentals of Software Architecture: A Modern Engineering Approach (2nd Edition)
Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top ten best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This updated edition provides a comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects, with five new chapters covering the latest insights from the field. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming architecture, governance, data, generative AI, team topologies, and many other topics.

This book examines:

Architecture styles and patterns: Microservices, modular monoliths, microkernels, layered architectures, and many more

Components: Identification, coupling, cohesion, partitioning, and granularity

Soft skills: Effective team management, collaboration, business engagement models, negotiation, presentations, and more

Modernity: Engineering practices and operational approaches that have changed radically in the past few years, including cloud considerations and generative AI

Architecture as an engineering discipline: Repeatable results, metrics, and concrete valuations that add rigor to software architecture
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Fundamentals of Software Architecture: A Modern Engineering Approach (2nd Edition)
Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top ten best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This updated edition provides a comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects, with five new chapters covering the latest insights from the field. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming architecture, governance, data, generative AI, team topologies, and many other topics.

This book examines:

Architecture styles and patterns: Microservices, modular monoliths, microkernels, layered architectures, and many more

Components: Identification, coupling, cohesion, partitioning, and granularity

Soft skills: Effective team management, collaboration, business engagement models, negotiation, presentations, and more

Modernity: Engineering practices and operational approaches that have changed radically in the past few years, including cloud considerations and generative AI

Architecture as an engineering discipline: Repeatable results, metrics, and concrete valuations that add rigor to software architecture
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Fundamentals of Software Architecture: A Modern Engineering Approach (2nd Edition)

Fundamentals of Software Architecture: A Modern Engineering Approach (2nd Edition)

Fundamentals of Software Architecture: A Modern Engineering Approach (2nd Edition)

Fundamentals of Software Architecture: A Modern Engineering Approach (2nd Edition)

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Overview

Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top ten best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This updated edition provides a comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects, with five new chapters covering the latest insights from the field. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming architecture, governance, data, generative AI, team topologies, and many other topics.

This book examines:

Architecture styles and patterns: Microservices, modular monoliths, microkernels, layered architectures, and many more

Components: Identification, coupling, cohesion, partitioning, and granularity

Soft skills: Effective team management, collaboration, business engagement models, negotiation, presentations, and more

Modernity: Engineering practices and operational approaches that have changed radically in the past few years, including cloud considerations and generative AI

Architecture as an engineering discipline: Repeatable results, metrics, and concrete valuations that add rigor to software architecture

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798228590304
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date: 09/23/2025
Product dimensions: 5.20(w) x 5.70(h) x (d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Mark Richards is an experienced, hands-on software architect involved in the architecture, design, and implementation of microservices architectures, service-oriented architectures, and distributed systems. He's been in the software industry since 1983 and has significant experience and expertise in application, integration, and enterprise architecture. He's the author of numerous O'Reilly technical books and videos, including Fundamentals of Software Architecture and Software Architecture: The Hard Parts (both with Neal Ford), several books on microservices, the Software Architecture Fundamentals video series and the Enterprise Messaging video series, and was a contributing author to 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know. A speaker and trainer, he's given talks on a variety of enterprise-related technical topics at hundreds of conferences and user groups around the world.

Perry Daniels is an award-winning, classically trained actor from Atlanta, Georgia, with over a decade of experience on stage, screen, and lurking mysteriously behind the microphone of his home studio. An audiobook junkie and mimic with a love of dialects, Perry strives to bring sincerity, energy, depth, and a focus on performance to his narration.
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