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Enterprise Integration Patterns by Gregor Hohpe

Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, a System of Patterns by Frank Buschmann

Enterprise Architecture As Strategy by Jeanne W. Ross

The Sciences of the Artificial, 3rd Edition by Herbert A. Simon

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Jun 22, 2009 01:18pm
Evan Hoff gave to: The Sciences of the Artificial, 3rd Edition by Herbert A. Simon	My rating:
You can read my full review here: http://www.lostechies.com/blogs/evan_hof...
Jul 03, 2008 05:55pm · see review
Evan Hoff gave to: It Architectures and Middleware: Strategies for Building Large, Integrated Systems by Chris Britton	My rating:
You can read my full review here: http://www.lostechies.com/blogs/evan_hof...
Jul 03, 2008 05:11pm · see review
Evan Hoff gave to: The Power to Predict: How Real-Time Businesses Anticipate Customer Needs, Create Opportunities, and Beat the Competition by Vivek Ranadive	My rating:
The book is loosely based on the concept of Complex Event Processing (CEP), a technique that's an evolutionary step above Event Based Architecture (EDA). The author's earlier book, the Power of Now, which I haven't read yet, is apparently more about...more
Apr 07, 2008 08:22pm · see review
Evan Hoff gave to: Software Architecture in Practice by Len Bass read in April, 2008	My rating:
Overall, I would highly recommend this book to developers who have honed their OO design skills and are looking to expand their horizons. This book sticks to fundamentals and covers quite a bit of breadth. I will warn you though, it's quite thick (...more
Apr 07, 2008 08:19pm · see review
Evan Hoff gave to: Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C# by Robert C. Martin	My rating:
This book serves as a great introduction to both sound design and sound development practices. I've recommended this book to several colleagues without hesitation.
Mar 08, 2008 01:51pm · see review
Evan Hoff gave to: Test Driven Development: By Example by Kent Beck	My rating:
This book is a great introductory book to the art of TDD. I largely picked up TDD from the blogosphere, but picked this book up to try and cement my practice of it.
Mar 08, 2008 01:49pm · see review
Evan Hoff gave to: Designing Object-Oriented Software by Rebecca Wirfs-Brock	My rating:
Considering the age of this book (roughly 17 years as of this review), I found it pretty fascinating. One of the most interesting things I took away from this book was a new perspective on how the use of multiple inheritance influences design. Whil...more
Mar 08, 2008 01:48pm · see review
Evan Hoff gave to: Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming by Clemens Szyperski	My rating:
This was probably the hardest book to read of the ones on my shelf. It was packed with lots of good information, but it felt very dense and compact.
Mar 08, 2008 01:36pm · see review
Evan Hoff gave to: Essential .Net Volume 1: The Common Language Runtime by Don Box	My rating:
A great book to teach you about the deep internals of the CLR. You might want to check for the book based on the 2.0 CLR before buying this one, however. This one was based on the 1.0 version of the CLR.
Mar 08, 2008 01:35pm · see review