Product Description: Martin Fowler is a consultant specializing in object-oriented analysis and design. This book presents and discusses a number of object models derived from various problem domains. All patterns and models presented have been derived from the author's own consulting work and are based on real business cases...read more

Describes ways to incorporate domain modeling into software development.

Product Description: Text provides a catalog of sixty-five patterns, with real-world solutions that demonstrate the formidable power of messaging and help you design effective messaging solutions for your enterprise. DLC: Telecommunication--Message processing. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Noted software engineering expert, Martin Fowler, turns his attention to enterprise application development. He helps professionals understand the complex--yet critical--aspects of architecture. Enables the reader to make proper choices when faced with a difficult design decision...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A guide to XP leads the developer, project manager, and team leader through the software development planning process, offering real world examples and tips for reacting to changing environments quickly and efficiently. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Refactoring has proven its value in a wide range of development projects--helping software professionals improve system designs, maintainability, extensibility, and performance. Now, for the first time, leading agile methodologist Scott Ambler and renowned consultant Pramodkumar Sadalage introduce powerful refactoring techniques specifically designed for database systems...read more

Product Description: As the application of object technology-particularly the Java programming language-has become commonplace, a new problem has emerged to confront the software development community. Significant numbers of poorly designed programs have been created by less-experienced developers, resulting in applications that are inefficient and hard to maintain and extend...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The Definitive Refactoring Guide, Fully Revamped for Ruby   With refactoring, programmers can transform even the most chaotic software into well-designed systems that are far easier to evolve and maintain. What’s more, they can do it one step at a time, through a series of simple, proven steps. Now...read more

Product Description: ThoughtWorks is a well-known global consulting firm; ThoughtWorkers are leaders in areas of design, architecture, SOA, testing, and agile methodologies. This collection of essays brings together contributions from well-known ThoughtWorkers such as Martin Fowler, along with other authors you may not know yet...read more

A guide to using UML describes major UML diagrams, their creation, and how to decipher them.

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