Speed Links: Architect Resources for the New Year!

Since the new year is for new beginnings, new techniques, and new programming habits, it's time to start refactoring your applications and documenting your apps better.

January 4th, 2010 at 10:30am — Comments: (0) — By: Jonathan Danylko — Tags: Speed Links

Even though there are multiple definitions for a software architect, each discipline requires a certain knowledge level of software patterns, programming techniques, and a solid understanding of business needs.

After cleaning some bookmarks for the new year, I've organized them into architect-based categories. The following are some bookmarks and web resources on how to make a more robust and manageable application (and also make you a better developer):

• Microsoft Enterprise Solution Patterns for .NET developers (pdf)
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3C81C38E-ABFC-484F-A076-CF99B3485754&displaylang=en
   
• Microsoft Practices and Patterns Home
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/practices/default.aspx
   
• Refactoring - Improving the Design of Existing Code
  http://www.amazon.com/Refactoring-Improving-Design-Existing-Code/dp/0201485672/
  
  (UPDATE: This is the 1999 version. There is a 2009 version of this book on Amazon)
   
• 31 Days of Refactoring (pdf)
  http://www.lostechies.com/blogs/sean_chambers/archive/2009/10/20/31-days-of-refactoring-ebook.aspx
   
• The Paperboy, the Wallet, and The Law of Demeter (pdf)
  http://www.ccs.neu.edu/research/demeter/demeter-method/LawOfDemeter/LawOfDemeter.htm
   
• High Scalability.org (One of my favorites)
  http://highscalability.com/
   
• ASP.NET Security Architecture Cheat Sheet for Very Busy Architects
  http://blogs.msdn.com/alikl/archive/2009/03/19/asp-net-security-architecture-cheat-sheet-for-very-busy-architects.aspx
   
• Scalable Web Applications
  http://blog.nickbelhomme.com/psp/scalable-web-applications_158
   
• The Architecture Journal (MSDN)
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/aa699395.aspx
   
• Cloud Computing with the new Microsoft Azure platform (FAQ)
  http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/faq/