Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture For Dummies

Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture

In this book, I focus on the patterns in the first volume of the series, Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture: A System of Patterns, by Frank Buschmann, Regine Meunier, Hans Rohnert, Peter Sommerlad, and Michael Stal (Wiley). The series, however, has four more volumes:

• Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 2: Patterns for Concurrent and Networked Objects, by Douglas Schmidt, Michael Stal, Hans Rohnert, and Frank Buschmann (Wiley): This book contains patterns related to service access and configuration, event handling, synchronization, and concurrency.
• Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 3: Patterns for Resource Management, by Michael Kircher and Prashant Jain (Wiley): Resource acquisition, life cycle, and release patterns are presented in this book.
• Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 4: A Pattern Language for Distributed Computing, by Frank Buschmann, Kevlin Henney, and Douglas Schmidt (Wiley): This book adds to the patterns that I discuss in Parts III and IV of this book, providing patterns related to the technical aspects of distributed systems. The patterns in this volume create a pattern language.
• Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 5: On Patterns and Pattern Languages, by Frank Buschmann, Kevlin Henney, and Douglas Schmidt (Wiley): This volume, which wraps up the series, is an excellent source of detailed information about patterns, expanding on what you find in Part II of this book.