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When I wanted to dive into and understand Microservices Architecture the following reading list was suggested to me: Life beyond Distributed Transactions:an Apostate’s Opinion by Pat Helland This paper explores and names some of the practical approaches used in the implementations of large-scale mission-critical applications in a world which rejects distributed transactions. It discusses the management of fine-grained pieces of application data which may be repartitioned over time as the application grows. It also discusses the design patterns used in sending messages between these repartitionable pieces of data. Migrating to Microservices by Adrian Cockcroft In this presentation Adrian Cockcroft discusses strategies, patterns and pathways to perform a gradual migration from monolithic applications towards cloud-based REST microservices. Idempotence Is Not a Medical Condition by Pat Helland An essential property for reliable systems. Distributed systems theory for the dis...

This list describes the reading program a software developer needs to work through to achieve full professional standing. The plan described is a generic baseline plan for a software professional who wants to focus on development. Introductory Level To move beyond "introductory" level, a developer must read the following books: Adams, James L. Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas, 4th ed. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 2001. Bentley, Jon. Programming Pearls, 2d ed. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 2000. Glass, Robert L. Facts and Fallacies of software Engineering. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley, 2003. McConnell, Steve. Software Project Survival Guide. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 1998. McConnell, Steve. Code Complete, 2d ed. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 2004. Practitioner Level To achieve "intermediate" status, a programmer needs to read the following additional materials: Berczuk, Stephen P. and Brad Appleton. Software Configuration Manag...

Infragistics , the guys that are powering the UI layer, are showing of their Silverlight capabilities with their glossy restyled UI Pattern Library . This kind of demo makes me envious. It's about time I start delivering this kind of solutions to my clients myself. I guess it's back to the drawing board and figure out how I can mash this together.

Today I was struggeling with howto route messages through a complex service infrastructure. As usual I consulted Dr. G. Oogle. The doctor was so kind to refer me to http://www.soapatterns.org . The site is a gold nugget for SOA patterns. And I think I will take look at the companion book SOA Design Patterns by Thomas Erl.

Back in April 2005, IASA, the International Association of Software Architects, formed a working group focused on IT architectural "Foundations & Taxonomy" with the specific goal of charting the "largely uncharted" profession of IT architecture. One objective of the F&T Workgroup is to locate, qualify, sort, coordinate, and explain resources relevant to IT architects. You can access this Architecture 'Resources' Repository by clicking the following link: http://www.itscout.org/itguide/login.cfm?rdtk=63C7707AB50A91D2607E9E2641CC48D8

Martin Fowler's Catalog of Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture A short summary of the patterns in Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture (P of EAA) .

Development of Further Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

Institute For Enterprise Architecture Development