Software Architecture Foundations, Theory, and Practice

by Taylor, Richard N.; Medvidovic, Nenad; Dashofy, Eric

• ISBN13: 9780470167748
• ISBN10: 0470167742
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-09
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Software 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, enabling the instructor and practitioner to choose the right tool for the job at hand. Software Architecture is intended for upper-division undergraduate and graduate courses in software architecture, software design, component-based software engineering, and distributed systems; the text may also be used in introductory as well as advanced software engineering courses.

Author Biography

Richard N. Taylor is a Professor of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California at Irvine and a member of the Department of Informatics. He received the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1980. Professor Taylor is the Director of the Institute for Software Research, which is dedicated to fostering innovative basic and applied research in software and information technologies through partnerships with industry and government. He has served as chairman of ACM's Special Interest Group on Software Engineering, SIGSOFT, chairman of the steering committee for the International Conference on Software Engineering, and was general chair of the 1999 International Joint Conference on Work Activities, Coordination, and Collaboration and the 2004 International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering. Taylor was a 1985 recipient of a Presidential Young Investigator Award. In 1998 he was recognized as an ACM Fellow and in 2005 was awarded the ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Service Award.

Table of Contents

The Big Idea

Architectures in Context: The Reorientation of Software Engineering

Basic Concepts

Designing Architectures

Connectors

Modeling

Visualization

Analysis

Implementation

Deployment and Mobility

Applied Architectures and Styles

Designing for non-Functional Properties

Security and Trust

Architectural Adaptation

Domain-Specific Software Engineering

Standards

People, Roles and Teams

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