Diving head first into software architecture

Thoughtworks Technology Podcast

Thoughtworks

Careers, Business, 907234, Technology

4.7 • 53 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

A few years ago, Thoughtworker and (prolific) author Neal Ford published Fundamentals of Software Architecture with Mark Richards. They're now back with another book on software architecture — written with co-author Raju Gandhi — which offers readers a very different learning experience. Described as a combination of technical book and graphic novel, Head First Software Architecture dispenses with dense prose to present and explain software architecture concepts and ideas in some highly innovative and novel ways.

In this episode of the Technology Podcast, the authors — alongside their editor, Sarah Grey — join Rebecca Parsons to discuss their new book. They explain the thinking behind the approach, how it diverges from Fundamentals of Software Architecture and detail some of the challenges of writing in a new format.

Whether you're interested in getting started with software architecture or simply curious about technical communication and learning, listen to find out more.

Learn more about Head First Software Architecture: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/head-first-software/9781098134341/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone.
0:09.2	My name is Rebecca Parsons, and I am one of your recurring hosts for the ThoughtWorks Technology
0:15.2	podcast.
0:16.6	And I am joined today by four individuals, a little more people than we normally have.
0:24.4	We are going to be talking about a book that is just coming out called Head First Architecture.
0:34.1	And the authors are Neil Ford, who is one of our co-hosts.
0:38.3	Hello, everyone. You'll recognize my voice for sure.
0:41.3	Mark Richards.
0:43.3	Yep. Hi, everyone.
0:45.3	Raju Gandhi.
0:46.3	Hey, thank you.
0:47.3	And for having me.
0:48.3	Yeah. And Sarah Gray.
0:50.3	Thanks for having me.
0:51.3	So my understanding is that this head first series has a very
0:57.8	particular format and approach to materials. So why don't we start with what makes a head first
1:06.3	book a head first book? Well, as an development editor at O'Reilly, I'll take that one.
1:15.1	Head first is a special series.
1:17.5	O'Reilly publishes a lot of different series with different formats.
1:21.4	This one tends to be, first of all, much bigger. And second, designed in a very different way, it's meant
1:31.8	to engage the entire brain. So there's art, there are hands-on exercises, there are bits of story,
1:40.4	there are jokes, there are annotations in the margins, all sorts of things.
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