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Software Architecture with C++
Software Architecture with C++

Software Architecture with C++: Design modern systems using effective architecture concepts, design patterns, and techniques with C++20

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Software Architecture with C++

Importance of Software Architecture and Principles of Great Design

The purpose of this introductory chapter is to show what role software architecture plays in software development. It will focus on the key aspects to keep in mind when designing the architecture of a C++ solution. We'll discuss how to design efficient code with convenient and functional interfaces. We'll also introduce a domain-driven approach for both code and architecture.

In this chapter, we'll cover the following topics:

  • Understanding software architecture
  • Learning the importance of proper architecture
  • Exploring the fundamentals of good architecture
  • Developing architecture using Agile principles
  • The philosophy of C++
  • Following the SOLID and DRY principles
  • Domain-driven design
  • Coupling and cohesion

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Key benefits

  • Design scalable large-scale applications with the C++ programming language
  • Architect software solutions in a cloud-based environment with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)
  • Achieve architectural goals by leveraging design patterns, language features, and useful tools

Description

Software architecture refers to the high-level design of complex applications. It is evolving just like the languages we use, but there are architectural concepts and patterns that you can learn to write high-performance apps in a high-level language without sacrificing readability and maintainability. If you're working with modern C++, this practical guide will help you put your knowledge to work and design distributed, large-scale apps. You'll start by getting up to speed with architectural concepts, including established patterns and rising trends, then move on to understanding what software architecture actually is and start exploring its components. Next, you'll discover the design concepts involved in application architecture and the patterns in software development, before going on to learn how to build, package, integrate, and deploy your components. In the concluding chapters, you'll explore different architectural qualities, such as maintainability, reusability, testability, performance, scalability, and security. Finally, you will get an overview of distributed systems, such as service-oriented architecture, microservices, and cloud-native, and understand how to apply them in application development. By the end of this book, you'll be able to build distributed services using modern C++ and associated tools to deliver solutions as per your clients' requirements.

Who is this book for?

This software architecture C++ programming book is for experienced C++ developers looking to become software architects or develop enterprise-grade applications.

What you will learn

  • Understand how to apply the principles of software architecture
  • Apply design patterns and best practices to meet your architectural goals
  • Write elegant, safe, and performant code using the latest C++ features
  • Build applications that are easy to maintain and deploy
  • Explore the different architectural approaches and learn to apply them as per your requirement
  • Simplify development and operations using application containers
  • Discover various techniques to solve common problems in software design and development

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Table of Contents

22 Chapters
Section 1: Concepts and Components of Software Architecture Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Importance of Software Architecture and Principles of Great Design Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Architectural Styles Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Functional and Nonfunctional Requirements Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 2: The Design and Development of C++ Software Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Architectural and System Design Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Architectural and System Design
Technical requirements
Understanding the peculiarities of distributed systems
Different service models and when to use them
On-premises model
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) model
Platform as a Service (PaaS) model
Software as a Service (SaaS) model
Function as a Service (FaaS) model and serverless architecture
Avoiding the fallacies of distributed computing
The network is reliable
Latency is zero
Bandwidth is infinite
The network is secure
Topology doesn't change
There is one administrator
Transport cost is zero
The network is homogeneous
CAP theorem and eventual consistency
Sagas and compensating transactions
Choreography-based sagas
Orchestration-based sagas
Making your system fault tolerant and available
Calculating your system's availability
Building fault-tolerant systems
Redundancy
Leader election
Consensus
Replication
Master-slave replication
Multi-master replication
Queue-based load leveling
Back pressure
Detecting faults
Sidecar design pattern
Heartbeat mechanism
Leaky bucket counter
Minimizing the impact of faults
Retrying the call
Avoiding cascading failures
Circuit breaker
Bulkhead
Geodes
Integrating your system
Pipes and filters pattern
Competing consumers
Transitioning from legacy systems
Anti-corruption layer
Strangler pattern
Achieving performance at scale
CQRS and event sourcing
Command-query responsibility segregation
Command-query separation
Event sourcing
Caching
Updating caches
Write-through approach
Write-behind approach
Cache-aside
Deploying your system
The sidecar pattern
Deploying a service with tracing and a reverse proxy using Envoy
Zero-downtime deployments
Blue-green deployments
Canary releases
External configuration store
Managing your APIs
API gateways
Summary
Questions
Further reading
Leveraging C++ Language Features Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Design Patterns and C++ Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Building and Packaging Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 3: Architectural Quality Attributes Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Writing Testable Code Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Security in Code and Deployment Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Performance Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 4: Cloud-Native Design Principles Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Service-Oriented Architecture Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Designing Microservices Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Containers Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Cloud-Native Design Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Assessments Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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Fedor G. Pikus Apr 29, 2021
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It's hard to write books on software design and architecture. Many design books are filled with general principles and platitudes, while others cover mostly coding techniques (useful but falls short of the architecture level). This book skillfully threads the middle ground: it is firmly rooted in practical software development, but the discussion inevitably raises to the level of the general practices and architecture.The overall emphasis is definitely on "effective concepts," but it's not a dry reading. Every chapter presents a realistic problem and discusses effective programming practices, coding techniques, and design guidelines.While the software architecture, in general, is language-agnostic, the practical nature of this book means that the authors select concepts and practices that best map onto the paradigms and constructs available in the C++ language. Overall, I highly recommend this book for any C++ programmer.
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J. W. Semmelink Aug 22, 2021
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If you purchase this book hoping for a 'how to' guide with lots of c++ code, you may be disappointed. There is actually not much code examples in the book.Therefore my headline: it's about the architecture. This book summarises the best known patterns, idioms, and practices in system design. The first chapters give a thorough revision of basic principles like SOLID, coupling, cohesion, monolith or service based architecture, etc. Many third party products and external c++ libraries are mentioned to design modern c++ systems in line with current practices. If you fell behind with system design and wish to catch up, or are new to it and need a great overview of the field, this book will be of great value.The authors cover a lot of material. The book does not go in depth on each of the many topics. The authors make the reader aware that a design principle, product, library or technique exists, and provide links to more information in a further reading section at the end of each chapter.Highly recommended reading as a reference guide or introduction to c++ system design.
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Cale Dunlap Jul 15, 2021
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This book is full of useful modern practices when it comes to distributed systems development, continuous integration/deployment, testing, and some of the modern language features that come with C++20. The organization I work within doesn't use a lot of the STL, which is where quite a bit of C++20 gets its power, and my background and experience hover around the C++11 era. However the other parts about cloud-native design, CI/CD, microservices, etc. are very useful to anybody who is building a large system in C++ and wants to take advantage of some of the paradigms not typically associated with C++ development.
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Calvin May 05, 2021
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Software Architecture with C++This book covers the concepts and components of a software architecture using C++ as the language of design. It covers the topics a software architect needs to consider when designing a complete software solution – at a high level. It does not go into these topics in great depth, but it does give the kernel concepts in enough detail. No single book would be able to cover all this material in great detail. The usefulness of the book is as a consolidated guide of topics and where to go for more information.The book provides references for where to go to find out more detail on the various topics: books, websites, code repositories, etc.In addition to the resource information, there are some interesting snippets of C++ code illustrating design principles. I would have liked it if there were more coding examples, but overall, Software Architecture with C++ is a valuable addition to the architect’s library. It will serve as a good place to look first to find a design/principal, and then provide further resources to explore and research the ideas in depth.
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sri vasala Aug 17, 2022
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love the content. Love the simplicity and specialization in explanation. Its easily digestible for me. Serves as a good reference as well
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