Books are a lasting wellspring of knowledge. I own several bookcases of technical titles. Here are some of my favorites.

• Software Systems Architecture is one of the best books on the design and documentation of a software system. The book presents a thorough methodology for communicating about design decisions and changes.

• Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture shows how design patterns and application patterns may be woven together in creating a flexible architecture. Particular emphasis is placed on examining when a pattern or approach may be more appropriate.

• Large, non-trivial applications rarely exist in isolation--more often a business has several applications that must interact. The book, Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions specifically addresses these challenges.

• Joel On Software provides a good overview and perspective on some points of software architecture.

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