Leading software architects Raphael Malveau and Thomas Mowbray share profound insights and practical solutions for all the key challenges of architectures using objects, components, and distributed internet computing, showing how to avoid time-consuming pitfalls and costly errors.
I saw this book on a colleague's bookshelf and decided to check a copy out of the library. Part of the book is outdated as it discusses the state of technology in 2003. In computer years, that's a long time. I'm not taking that section into account in my rating.
Part of the book is more general and covers what an architect does with a military analogy. It reads like a schoolbook in that it was more theoretical and few "in the trenches stories." There were thought provoking questions at the end of each chapter. The exercise are meant for someone in industry. Presumably someone who is just learning how to be an architect.
Overall, I'm rating the book low because it was hard to read and dint' really keep my attention. I also noticed some errors. I did like the exersises, but they are such a small part of the book.