Software Architecture: The Hard Parts: Modern Trade-Off Analyses for Distributed Architectures

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There are no easy decisions in software architecture. Instead, there are many hard parts–difficult problems or issues with no best practices–that force you to choose among various compromises. With this book, you’ll learn how to think critically about the trade-offs involved with distributed architectures.

Architecture veterans and practicing consultants Neal Ford, Mark Richards, Pramod Sadalage, and Zhamak Dehghani discuss strategies for choosing an appropriate architecture. By interweaving a story about a fictional group of technology professionals–the Sysops Squad–they examine everything from how to determine service granularity, manage workflows and orchestration, manage and decouple contracts, and manage distributed transactions to how to optimize operational characteristics, such as scalability, elasticity, and performance.

By focusing on commonly asked questions, this book provides techniques to help you discover and weigh the trade-offs as you confront the issues you face as an architect.

Analyze trade-offs and effectively document your decisionsMake better decisions regarding service granularityUnderstand the complexities of breaking apart monolithic applicationsManage and decouple contracts between servicesHandle data in a highly distributed architectureLearn patterns to manage workflow and transactions when breaking apart applications

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09H2H5QKC
Publisher ‏ : ‎ O’Reilly Media
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 23 September 2021
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 19.4 MB
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 778 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1492086857
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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