Software Architect’s Handbook: Become a successful software architect by implementing effective architecture concepts

Pro: Contents are fantastic. More like a thought starter, touching a ton of topics. Don't expect it going deep, but instead it will give you a very brief but clear and broad picture of all that is in SA. Then you'll know what topics to expand on, and read 10 more books.Con is that the binding and paper quality is bad.

A lot of good information, Sits on my desk for me to read in my spare time at the office

I've read the whole 540 pages of this book and I regret it. I haven't learnt almost anything.There are lots of topics in this book, but every one of them is just touched - which is understandable, but a better use of time would be to just read the table of contents and learn about the topics you haven't heard of elsewhere.Also, I think this book is more aimed at software architects at enterprises rather than smaller or medium-sized companies.

Book is good. Buy it from somewhere else. Don't waste your time on Amazon due to serious packing quality issues.

This is a great book which contains a lot of concepts and ideas.This book gives you a ride around the main elements that a software architect should consider and learn. This is great for people who already have a little of experience developing software. Because it show you the important things to consider when you are an architect, or part of a software project.It gives you recommendations about: maintenance, requirements, quality attributes, tests, software architectures and patterns, software principles, DevOps, cross-cutting concers, security, working on a team, leading a team, soft skills, and many more.However, there are many topics which contains only a paragraph. So, this book is more like a guide to go to learn different topics (in deep) in other books.CONS:There are only a few examples (codes). So, maybe this book is not recommend for novice developers or architects. Not recommended for people which are looking for a practical book.For example, it gives you a lot of recommendations about how to implement a MVC architecture or micro-services, but you never will find a piece of code which shows a real MVC architecture.

Precise content by Joseph on generic subject Software Architecture, Joseph described very well role of an Architect, He defined very well type of Software Architects. Books contain all required topics which revolves around modern Software Architecture. Language used in book is easy to understand to anyone. It is Worth to spend time and money on this book.Thank you Amazon and Joseph.

Joe has managed to deliver a book that covers most of the topics relevant to start working as a software architect these days. It delivers a structured overview and a good basic elaboration. Also a great reference.The print version seems to be printed by amazon and is not sturdy at all. So, once you carry this beauty with you, it looks messy.

Don't buy this book from amazon

Covered the full life cycle of software architecture.