I.2 Why This Book?

Note

Examples are often better suited to show how things can work than lengthy explanations.

arc42 users have often asked for examples to complement the (quite extensive) conceptual documentation of the template, which was, unfortunately, only available in German for several years.

There were a few approaches to illustrating how arc42 can be used in real-world applications, but those were (and still are) scattered around numerous sources, and are not carefully curated.

After an incredibly successful (again, German-only) experiment to publish one single example as a (very skinny) 40-page booklet, we decided to publish a collection of examples on a modern publishing platform – so we can quickly react to user feedback and add further samples without any hassle.