Key Features
Enhance your skills to grow your career as a software architect
Design efficient software architectures using patterns and best practices
Learn how software architecture relates to an organization as well as software development methodology
Book Description
The Software Architect’s Handbook is a comprehensive guide to help developers, architects, and senior programmers advance their career in the software architecture domain. This book takes you through all the important concepts, right from design principles to different considerations at various stages of your career in software architecture.

The book begins by covering the fundamentals, benefits, and purpose of software architecture. You will discover how software architecture relates to an organization, followed by identifying its significant quality attributes. Once you have covered the basics, you will explore design patterns, best practices, and paradigms for efficient software development.

The book discusses which factors you need to consider for performance and security enhancements. You will learn to write documentation for your architectures and make appropriate decisions when considering DevOps. In addition to this, you will explore how to design legacy applications before understanding how to create software architectures that evolve as the market, business requirements, frameworks, tools, and best practices change over time.

By the end of this book, you will not only have studied software architecture concepts but also built the soft skills necessary to grow in this field.

What you will learn
Design software architectures using patterns and best practices
Explore the different considerations for designing software architecture
Discover what it takes to continuously improve as a software architect
Create loosely coupled systems that can support change
Understand DevOps and how it affects software architecture
Integrate, refactor, and re-architect legacy applications
Who this book is for
The Software Architect’s Handbook is for you if you are a software architect, chief technical officer (CTO), or senior developer looking to gain a firm grasp of software architecture.

Table of Contents
The Meaning of Software Architecture
Software Architecture in an Organization
Understanding The Domain
Software Quality Attributes
Software Architecture Design
Patterns and Best Practices of Software Development
Software Architecture Patterns
Architecting Modern Applications
Crosscutting Concerns
Performance Considerations
Security Considerations
Documenting and Validating Software Architecture
DevOps and Software Architecture
Architecting Legacy Applications
The Soft Skills of Software Architecture
Evolutionary Architecture
Becoming a Better Software Architect