Software Architecture: Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline ANNOTATION
For professional software developers looking for new ideas about system organization, this book examines the "folklore" of system design and closes the gap between the useful abstractions (constructs and patterns) of system design and the current models, notations and tools. It defines useful patterns clearly, gives examples, compares them, and evaluates their utilities in various settings.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Software developers have often adopted specific architectural patterns for system organization - but, for the most part, informally. In this book, authors Mary Shaw and David Garlan discuss the formalization of what, until now, has been "a substantial folklore of system design, with little consistency or precision." With their unique perspective on the current state of software architecture and its impact on design, the authors provide useful information for several types of readers: Professional software developers will find new ideas in the discussion and evaluation of familiar patterns. Students will find useful techniques for approaching system organization from an architectural point of view, rather than following current fads or outmoded methodology. Educators will find the book helpful as a text for a software architecture course or as a supplemental text for courses in software engineering or software design. This book also includes hints for choosing a suitable architecture, the use of well-understood paradigms for designing new systems, how formal notation and models can characterize system design, and the study of actual system architectures as models for new designs.
SYNOPSIS
Good software developers oftenadopt one or several architectural patterns asstrategies for system organization. But, althoughthey use these patterns purposefully, they oftenuse them informally and nearly unconsciously. Thisbook organizes this substantial emerging"folklore" of system design -- with its richlanguage of system description -- and closes thegap between the useful abstractions (constructsand patterns) of system design and the currentmodels, notations and tools. It identifies usefulpatterns clearly, gives examples, compares them,and evaluates their utility in various settings --allowing readers to develop a repertoire of usefultechniques that goes beyond the single-mindedcurrent fads. Examines the waysin which architectural issues can impact softwaredesign; shows how to design new systems inprincipled ways using well-understoodarchitectural paradigms; emphasizes informaldescriptions, touching lightly on formal notationsand specifications, and the tools that supportthem; explains how to understand and evaluate thedesign of existing software systems from anarchitectural perspective; and presents concreteexamples of actual system architectures that canserve as models for new designs. Forprofessional software developers looking for newideas about system organization.
FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
Discusses the formalization of the adoption of specific architectural patterns for system organization, looking at the current state of software architecture and its impact on design. Covers architectural styles; shared information systems; and linguistics issues, and offers case studies in areas including mobile robotics and cruise control. Useful as a text for a software architecture course and as a supplement text for courses in software engineering and software design. Also of interest to professional software developers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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