Free e-books about architecture and .Net programming

If, unlike me, you don’t have a stack of books awaiting for you to read them, you should probably take a look at this page, where Anoop Madhusudanan lists 7 free e-books. It’s always better when it’s free, isn’t it ?

To that list, I would also add two free resources about Domain Driven Design by Eric Evans. First this document available on domaindrivendesign.org and second Domain Driven Design Quickly, from the guys of InfoQ.

If you are interested in DDD, you can also take a look at the Time & Money project.

How software architecture can support agility

Software architecture and design has a major impact on success or failure of software projects. How can a good architecture be classified? Which are the architectural key features that decide if a project succeeds or fails? How can architecture support an agile development process such as Scrum?

This post explores attributes of software designs that are required by agile development processes. Furthermore it discusses the differences between classical big up-front designs and the agile way of doing it.

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