Software Design Books

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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.20 — 11,949 ratings — published 1994
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Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.15 — 5,808 ratings — published 2003
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A Philosophy of Software Design A Philosophy of Software Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.22 — 4,460 ratings — published 2018
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Head First Design Patterns Head First Design Patterns (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.30 — 9,013 ratings — published 2004
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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.35 — 23,410 ratings — published 2007
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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.24 — 8,836 ratings — published 1999
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Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,888 ratings — published 2002
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Designing Data-Intensive Applications Designing Data-Intensive Applications (ebook)
by (shelved 21 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.70 — 10,547 ratings — published 2015
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Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.30 — 9,481 ratings — published 1993
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Clean Architecture Clean Architecture (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.22 — 7,068 ratings — published 2017
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Implementing Domain-Driven Design Implementing Domain-Driven Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,293 ratings — published 2013
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Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,202 ratings — published 2020
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Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.22 — 5,198 ratings — published 2014
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Working Effectively with Legacy Code Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.14 — 4,678 ratings — published 2004
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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.33 — 24,023 ratings — published 1999
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Refactoring to Patterns Refactoring to Patterns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,440 ratings — published 2004
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System Design Interview – An insider's guide System Design Interview – An insider's guide (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,305 ratings — published 2020
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Domain-Driven Design Distilled Domain-Driven Design Distilled (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as software-design)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,323 ratings — published
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Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,316 ratings — published 2002
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Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,547 ratings — published 2003
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Learning Domain-Driven Design: Aligning Software Architecture and Business Strategy Learning Domain-Driven Design: Aligning Software Architecture and Business Strategy (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.43 — 727 ratings — published
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Software Architecture: The Hard Parts: Modern Trade-Off Analyses for Distributed Architectures Software Architecture: The Hard Parts: Modern Trade-Off Analyses for Distributed Architectures (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.26 — 831 ratings — published 2021
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Patterns Principles and Practices of Domain Driven Design Patterns Principles and Practices of Domain Driven Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.37 — 390 ratings — published 2014
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Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,464 ratings — published 2009
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Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as software-design)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,049 ratings — published 1997
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Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software (Pragmatic Programmers) Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software (Pragmatic Programmers)
by (shelved 7 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,252 ratings — published 2007
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Design of Design, The: Essays from a Computer Scientist Design of Design, The: Essays from a Computer Scientist (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as software-design)
avg rating 3.77 — 611 ratings — published 2010
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Tidy First?: A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design Tidy First?: A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as software-design)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,052 ratings — published
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Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as software-design)
avg rating 3.91 — 607 ratings — published 1990
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Modern Software Engineering: Doing What Works to Build Better Software Faster Modern Software Engineering: Doing What Works to Build Better Software Faster (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,158 ratings — published
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Domain Modeling Made Functional: Tackle Software Complexity with Domain-Driven Design and F# Domain Modeling Made Functional: Tackle Software Complexity with Domain-Driven Design and F# (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.49 — 667 ratings — published
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Building Evolutionary Architectures: Support Constant Change Building Evolutionary Architectures: Support Constant Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as software-design)
avg rating 3.75 — 1,057 ratings — published 2022
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99 Bottles of OOP 99 Bottles of OOP (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.55 — 672 ratings — published
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Dependency Injection in .NET Dependency Injection in .NET (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.42 — 786 ratings — published 2011
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Test-Driven Development: By Example Test-Driven Development: By Example (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,405 ratings — published 2002
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UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as software-design)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,516 ratings — published 1997
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Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C# Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C# (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.28 — 774 ratings — published 2006
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Practical API Design: Confessions of a Java Framework Architect Practical API Design: Confessions of a Java Framework Architect (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as software-design)
avg rating 3.72 — 64 ratings — published 2008
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Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,957 ratings — published 2020
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Microservice Patterns Microservice Patterns (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.24 — 706 ratings — published
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Software Design Decoded: 66 Ways Experts Think (Mit Press) Software Design Decoded: 66 Ways Experts Think (Mit Press)
by (shelved 4 times as software-design)
avg rating 3.54 — 207 ratings — published
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How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.03 — 270 ratings — published 2001
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User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as software-design)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,856 ratings — published 2004
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97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as software-design)
avg rating 3.62 — 783 ratings — published 2009
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Programming Pearls Programming Pearls (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,220 ratings — published 1986
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Thinking In Systems: A Primer Thinking In Systems: A Primer (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.19 — 22,233 ratings — published 2008
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Data-Oriented Programming Unlearning objects Data-Oriented Programming Unlearning objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as software-design)
avg rating 3.68 — 81 ratings — published
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The Essence of Software: Why Concepts Matter for Great Design The Essence of Software: Why Concepts Matter for Great Design (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.21 — 73 ratings — published
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System Design Interview – An Insider's Guide: Volume 2 System Design Interview – An Insider's Guide: Volume 2 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as software-design)
avg rating 4.44 — 627 ratings — published
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Managing Technical Debt: Reducing Friction in Software Development (SEI Series in Software Engineering) Managing Technical Debt: Reducing Friction in Software Development (SEI Series in Software Engineering)
by (shelved 3 times as software-design)
avg rating 3.65 — 43 ratings — published
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“Software architecture is the set of design decisions which, if made incorrectly, may cause your project to be cancelled.”
Eoin Woods

Steve Klabnik
“Inheritance has recently fallen out of favor as a programming design solution in many programming languages because it’s often at risk of sharing more code than necessary. Subclasses shouldn’t always share all characteristics of their parent class but will do so with inheritance. This can make a program’s design less flexible. It also introduces the possibility of calling methods on subclasses that don’t make sense or that cause errors because the methods don’t apply to the subclass. In addition, some languages will only allow a subclass to inherit from one class, further restricting the flexibility of a program’s design.

For these reasons, Rust takes a different approach, using trait objects instead of inheritance.”
Steve Klabnik, The Rust Programming Language

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