Use cases? Uh … isn’t it one of those UML diagrams with stickmen, boxes, and bubbles? There is more to it, and “Writing Effective Use-cases” by A. Cockburn is the place to start. I am always unsure about how much requirement I need, especially when building prototypes? So, reading about use-cases, I came across it on M. Fowler’s post on his “Use Cases”. It still costs about 30 EUR on Amazon, but I went for it anyway.
Why should you read about Software architecture? Who even cares in these Agile and DevOps times. Should you, for whatever reason, still be interested, this book is a good place to approach software architecture from its theory side. Here comes a book I had on my reading list for decades: Software Architecture in Practice, by L. Bass, P. Clements, and R. Kazman. I should have read this one when I was a PhD student, but I guess I was too lazy by then.
Does software architecture sound like a vague philosophical idea, disconnected from the practicalities of programming? Yes? This might be a good read. I liked Clean Code and The Clean Coder by R. Martin, I felt tempted to read this other volume about software architecture. While I had been hesitating for some time, reading just enough software architecture by G. Fairbanks revamped my interest, and I took the (tiny) plunge. Besides, I got to try the Amazon Kindle for the first time, and I liked it!
Do you feel that you never have any idea or that your ideas are irrelevant or impractical. It explains how to generate ideas by reading and taking notes!
Are you lost in the jungle of (big-)data technologies? Are you wondering how the Flink, Spark, Hive, Pig, Airflow and the likes fit together? Then this is could be of help!
If you wonder how software architecture can help withou negating your hard honed agility
Are you, like me, struggling to convince people, to get them to say yes, this book by D. Carnegie might be for you.
Intrigued by the praise F. Bettger gave about it, I went to download and read the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Without knowning it I chose an old book, initially published in 1817.
If you ever wondered how a baseball player can become a successful saleman, this book is for you: How I raised myself from failure to success in selling, by F. Bettger
