Software Architecture: Foundations Theory and Practice

About this book

Software architecture is foundational to the development of large practical software-intensive applications. This brand-new text covers all facets of software architecture and how it serves as the intellectual centerpiece of software development and evolution. Critically this text focuses on supporting creation of real implemented systems. Hence the text details not only modeling techniques but design implementation deployment and system adaptation -- as well as a host of other topics -- putting the elements in context and comparing and contrasting them with one another. Rather than focusing on one method notation tool or process this new text/reference widely surveys software architecture techniques enabling the instructor and practitioner to choose the right tool for the job at hand. Software Architecture is intended for upper-division undergraduate and graduate courses in software architecture software design component-based software engineering and distributed systems; the text may also be used in introductory as well as advanced software engineering courses.