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The Architecture of Open Source Applications

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If you enjoy these books, you may also enjoy Software Design by Example in Python and Software Design by Example in JavaScript. 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

The Architecture of Open Source Applications The Architecture of Open Source Applications If you enjoy these books, you may also enjoy Software Design by Example in Python and Software Design by Example in JavaScript . 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 an

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