The Architecture of Open Source Applications Elegance, Evolution, and a Few Fearless Hacks

Synopsis

Architects look at thousands of buildings during their training, and study critiques of those buildings written by masters. In contrast, most software developers only ever get to know a handful of large programs well—usually programs they wrote themselves—and never study the great programs of history. As a result, they repeat one another's mistakes rather than building on one another's successes.

Our goal is to change that. In these two books, the authors of four dozen open source applications explain how their software is structured, and why. What are each program's major components? How do they interact? And what did their builders learn during their development? In answering these questions, the contributors to these books provide unique insights into how they think.

If you are a junior developer, and want to learn how your more experienced colleagues think, these books are the place to start. If you are an intermediate or senior developer, and want to see how your peers have solved hard design problems, these books can help you too.

Book details

Author:

Amy Brown, Greg Wilson

ISBN:

9781257991990

Publisher:

N/A

Pages:

N/A

Reading age:

Not specified

Includes images:

Yes

Date of addition:

2012-05-17

Usage restrictions:

Creative Commons

Copyright date:

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Copyright by:

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Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Categories:

Computers and Internet, Nonfiction