So far, we have spent quite a lot of time working on our Marketplace system, as it will be a single application with one API and, possibly, one web UI that will talk to that API to serve its users. However, now it is time to take a step back and look at the big picture.
I've been writing software since the age of 15; so, as of writing this book, my experience in the industry is close to 30 years. Some systems that I've built have been replaced by something new and some are still very active, being developed further by other developers. Today, as I go along in the industry as a software architect and a consultant, I am involved in many hands-on activities, such as prototyping, modeling, and writing production code. Over the years, not only have I progressed as a developer so I write better-quality code, but I have also understood more about the foundational...