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

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Software architecture is complex, and there are no easy decisions to be made. Instead, architects face many challenging problems or issues that have no definitive solutions, forcing them to choose among various trade-offs. In this book, experienced architects and consultants Neal Ford, Mark Richards, Pramod Sadalage, and Zhamak Dehghani explore the complexities of distributed architectures and provide strategies for making thoughtful decisions.

The authors weave a captivating tale about a group of technology professionals called the Sysops Squad to demonstrate how to approach issues such as determining service granularity, managing workflows and orchestration, managing and decoupling contracts, managing distributed transactions, and optimizing operational characteristics like scalability, elasticity, and performance. Rather than provide best practices, the book answers common questions by sharing techniques to help architects discover and evaluate trade-offs.

After reading this book, you will be able to:

• Analyze trade-offs and effectively document your decisions
• Make better decisions regarding service granularity
• Understand the complexities of breaking apart monolithic applications
• Manage and decouple contracts between services
• Handle data in a highly distributed architecture
• Learn patterns to manage workflow and transactions when breaking apart applications

About the Publisher

O’Reilly Media is the publisher of this book. The first edition was released on November 30, 2021. It has 459 pages and is published in English. The book has an ISBN-10 of 1492086894 and an ISBN-13 of 978-1492086895. It weighs 1.65 pounds and has dimensions of 7 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches.

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