[sf-lug] a fascinating read: The Architecture of Open Source Applications

[Michael Shiloh]

 From the website:

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, these books are the place to start. If you 
are an intermediate or senior developer, and want to see how your peers 
have solved hard design problems, these books can help you too.

Michael Shiloh
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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:12:07 -0700
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The Architecture of Open Source Applications
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