A curated list of books on Software Architecture

Re:A curated list of books on Software Architecture by dgb23 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @08:50AM (#27687832)

That looks pretty cool! But I meant papers and essays from the likes of Edsger Dijsktra, Gerald Sussman, Alan Kay, Joe Armstrong, Daniel Ingalls, Peter Naur, Tony Hoare, Niklaus Wirth, Betrand Meyer, John McCarthy... and many, many others[0], including ones that are not necessarily as known but have discovered deep and useful insights into programming and computers.

Blog articles are really useful too, especially if they concentrate on say something more specifically practical that doesn't warrant the same polish and rigor of a paper or essay. Also something I noticed is that many, who will make more general assertions in these articles, are typically echoing something that has been written down by researchers quite a while ago, so why not go to the source?

[0] Apparently I can't stop writing down names because it feels like I'm leaving out too many...

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Re:A curated list of books on Software Architecture by thundergolfer on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @09:11AM (#27688047)

> But I meant papers and essays from the likes of ...

Oh they're all in there! They're just put at the back end of the 4 years partly because the more advanced content goes towards the end and partly because I haven't distributed everything properly.

I've spent quite a few hours curating the ~800 items and have in that process learnt a few new names that you mentioned, such as Niklaus Wirth. From him, the list has "Good Ideas, Through The Looking Glass".

I don't recognize Daniel Ingalls and Peter Naur so I'll look into them and consider adding them to the list. Cheers :)

Edit: Oh, Peter Naur would be the Naur in Backus-Naur form. He'd be in there.

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