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Software Architecture with C# 9 and .NET 5 - Second Edition

By : Gabriel Baptista, Francesco Abbruzzese
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Software Architecture with C# 9 and .NET 5 - Second Edition

By: Gabriel Baptista, Francesco Abbruzzese

Overview of this book

Software architecture is the practice of implementing structures and systems that streamline the software development process and improve the quality of an app. This fully revised and expanded second edition, featuring the latest features of .NET 5 and C# 9, enables you to acquire the key skills, knowledge, and best practices required to become an effective software architect. This second edition features additional explanation of the principles of Software architecture, including new chapters on Azure Service Fabric, Kubernetes, and Blazor. It also includes more discussion on security, microservices, and DevOps, including GitHub deployments for the software development cycle. You will begin by understanding how to transform user requirements into architectural needs and exploring the differences between functional and non-functional requirements. Next, you will explore how to carefully choose a cloud solution for your infrastructure, along with the factors that will help you manage your app in a cloud-based environment. Finally, you will discover software design patterns and various software approaches that will allow you to solve common problems faced during development. By the end of this book, you will be able to build and deliver highly scalable enterprise-ready apps that meet your organization’s business requirements.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
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Index

Identifying well-written code

It is not easy to define whether code is well-written. The best practices described in Chapter 17, Best Practices in Coding C# 9, can certainly guide you as a software architect to define a standard for your team. But even with a standard, mistakes will happen, and you will probably find them only after the code is in production. The decision to refactor code in production just because it does not follow all the standards you define is not an easy one to take, especially if the code in question is working properly. Some people conclude that well-written code is simply code that works well in production. However, this can surely cause damage to the software's life since developers can be inspired by that non-standard code.

For this reason, you – as a software architect – need to find ways to enforce adherence to the coding standard you've defined. Luckily, nowadays, we have many options for tools that can help us with this task...