This book provides the first comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming and presenting architecture, evolutionary architecture, and many other topics.

Mark Richards is an experienced hands-on software architect involved in the architecture, design, and implementation of microservices architectures, service-oriented architectures, and distributed systems. He's been in the software industry since 1983 and has significant experience and expertise in application, integration, and enterprise architecture. He's the author of numerous O'Reilly technical books and videos, including Fundamentals of Software Architecture, Software Architecture: The Hard Parts (both with Neal Ford) several books on microservices, the Software Architecture Fundamentals video series, the Enterprise Messaging video series and was a contributing author to 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know. A speaker and trainer, he's given talks on a variety of enterprise-related technical topics at hundreds of conferences and user groups around the world.