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In Modern Software Engineering, continuous delivery pioneer David Farley helps software professionals think about their work more effectively, manage it more successfully, and genuinely improve the quality of their applications, their lives, and the lives of their colleagues.

Master the Art of Designing Modern Software Systems — From Beginner to Expert, with Real-World Examples and Interview Prep. If you’re a beginner just starting out, or a developer preparing for system design interviews, or a senior architect looking to sharpen your knowledge, Modern Software System Design & Architecture is your complete guide to building reliable, scalable, and real-world systems. Who This Book Is For? Newcomers: Learn the fundamentals of reliable and scalable system design with simple, beginner-friendly explanations. Experienced Engineers: Prepare confidently for system...

Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top ten best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This updated edition provides a comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects, with five new chapters covering the latest insights from the field. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming architecture, governance, data, generative AI, team topologies, and many other topics.

Consuming and performing the exercises in this book can transform individuals, teams, and organizations from undifferentiated sellers into high-performing experts who truly enable buyers, resulting in mutually successful outcomes that endure.

Your code runs. Can you prove it works? On July 19, 2024, a routine security update crashed about 8.5 million Windows computers. It had passed every test its makers had written. The bug was hiding in the one case nobody had tried. That is the gap between code that runs and code people can trust, and it is the gap this book closes. Mastering Modern Programming is for self-taught coders, bootcamp graduates, career changers, and junior developers who know the basics of one language and want to work the way professional developers do. One model: the Five Checks Before a change is done, it ...

A Step-by-Step Master Class in Indie Game Development, from the Creator of the Emmy® Winning Neverwinter Nights™ Honors for Don Daglow's From Dream to Delivery books: Winner, 2019 Independent Press Book Awards Winner, Kirkus Top 100 Indie Books of 2019 Finalist, 2020 Top Shelf Book Awards Finalist, Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist, National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist, Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist, Book Excellence Awards "Don Daglow has survived 40+ years creating games and always retained his positive attitude. Learn from the master." – Jeff Braun, ...

In a world where VR has become so immersive that people lived more in the digital world than the physical one it was a time of great technological advancement. But such things can be used for good or evil, and as Stormy found out the line between the two can be greatly blurred. As her programming is infected with a rather insidious piece of malware sent from a strange benefactor she quickly finds that there are several boons to it. As she finds the program coursing through her system she uses it to start to infect other realms, and as she starts to corrupt and destroy things with it she ...

Every SaaS company on earth is careening towards its next revenue plateau. It’s called a Growth Ceiling—a moment in time where growth stops, and you’re losing just as many customers as you’re bringing in. It’s not an opinion—it’s just how recurring revenue businesses work.

Clean Architecture is an essential book for every current or aspiring software architect, systems analyst, system designer, and software manager - and for every programmer who must execute someone else’s designs. 

Great Demo! provides sales and presales staff with a method to dramatically increase their success in closing business through substantially improved software demonstrations. It draws upon the experiences of thousands of demonstrations, both delivered and received from vendors and customers. The distinctive "Do the Last Thing First" concept generates a "Wow!" response from customers.

Noted software expert Robert C. Martin presents a revolutionary paradigm with Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship. Martin has teamed up with his colleagues from Object Mentor to distill their best agile practice of cleaning code “on the fly” into a book that will instill within you the values of a software craftsman and make you a better programmer - but only if you work at it.

Master SaaS sales and accelerate recurring revenue in 30 days—even if you’ve never closed a software deal before. Are you tired of generic sales advice that doesn’t translate to SaaS? Struggling to shorten sales cycles, overcome endless objections, or keep churn from killing your quota? Have you tried “plug-and-play” tools or hired star reps, only to watch your pipeline stall? If so, you’re not alone—and you’re in the right place. Most SaaS sales pros crave a repeatable, SaaS-specific playbook to turn demos into deals, boost MRR, and build a sales team that scales. My SaaS ...

Few books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred Brooks offers insight for anyone managing complex projects. These essays draw from his experience as project manager for the IBM System/360 computer family and then for OS/360, its massive software system.

Software is the backbone of the modern world, yet its construction often relies more on craft and convention than on rigorous engineering. While traditional software development lifecycles incorporate extensive testing and quality assurance, these practices are fundamentally reactive—they are designed to find bugs that have already been written into the code. This book, "Formal Methods in Software Engineering," introduces a proactive, engineering-driven approach to building software that is correct by design. It is built to bridge the long-standing gap between the immense power of formal ...

2025 3rd Edition Master Cybersecurity, Protect Your Data, and Advance Your Career—Now with AI-Powered Support 📈 Do traditional cybersecurity books overwhelm you with dry theory and complex jargon? Looking for a clear, streamlined guide that helps you build real-world skills—fast? Prefer learning through practical strategies, hands-on labs, and expert-driven tools? Now, with the powerful addition of AI Mentor Pro, you'll have a 24/7 digital mentor by your side to explain concepts, answer questions, and coach you through every challenge on your path to success. Why Choose This Guide? ...

The software engineering landscape has changed forever. Are you building with the speed of an entire engineering team, or are you still coding like it's 2024? In 2026, the elite developers aren't just writing code anymore—they are orchestrating autonomous systems. Anthropic's Claude Code has shattered the traditional IDE paradigm, moving AI from a passive chatbot to an active, terminal-integrated, self-correcting engineering agent. If you are not leveraging this shift, you are operating at a massive competitive disadvantage. The Claude Code Black Book is the definitive, highly practical ...

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of software architecture’s many aspects. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming and presenting architecture, evolutionary architecture, and many other topics. Mark Richards and Neal Ford—hands-on practitioners who have taught software architecture classes professionally for years—focus on architecture principles that apply across all technology stacks.

Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability need to be resolved. In addition, there's an overwhelming variety of systems, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, data...

The Ultimate Guide to Computer Programming Fundamentals. Are you ready to embark on a journey that will lay the groundwork for your future in programming? Computer Programming: A Solid Foundation for Beginners is your ultimate guide to mastering the essentials of programming and building a robust foundation for your programming career. This book is designed with the beginner in mind, presenting content in an easy-to-read and understand format. With practical, real-world examples throughout, learning becomes a breeze. A career in computer programming is incredibly rewarding, and companies ...

Stop fighting symptoms. Start finding solutions. Discover the systems thinking tools that actually work. In Signals & Levers, Elisabeth Hendrickson—former VP R&D at Pivotal and author of the enduring Explore It!—and Joel Tosi—who has spent 25+ years delivering software and a decade helping teams stop “change theater”—teach you to see through the illusions that plague every software organization. Using tools from statistical process control, systems thinking, and economic theory, they show you how to identify real problems and find the levers that create lasting change.