Software Architecture: Foundations, Theory, and Practice-Richard

Software ArchitectureFoundations, Theory, and Practice\nAuthor(s): Richard N. Taylor, Nenad Medvidovic, Eric Dashofy\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc\nISBN-13: 9780470167748, 978-0470167748\nSynopsis\nSoftware 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, en.