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Title: Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 1: A System of Patterns by Frank Buschmann, Regine Meunier, Hans Rohnert, Peter Sommerlad, Michael Stal ISBN: 0-471-95869-7 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 08 August, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $70.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.64 (11 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book on patterns
Comment: This book is a perfect companion to "Design Patterns - Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software" (the GoF book) and it is more didactical than the later.

If you are new to patterns, I suggest that you first read this book and refer to "Design Patterns" when needed.

In "Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture", there are some chapters on pattern and software architecture concepts, but most of the book is dedicated to describing architectural and design patterns (there are a few pages on idioms). Some of the architectural patterns are well known: layers, pipes, filters, broker and microkernel.

The code is clear and written mainly in C++. The notations used are easy to understand (OMT notation is addopted for the object models and an adaptation of Message Sequence Charts to object interations).

The production (cover, paper, etc) is excellent.

Rating: 5
Summary: Nice reading after the GoF book
Comment: It's a nice reading after the GoF book. The GoF book provides more practical and easy to implement design level patterns, so I suggest you start from it first. After that, if you want to continue your journey in the software patterns, you should read this one. The first 300+ pages, talking about Architectureal Patterns/Design Patterns, are very good. The rest 100 pages are still interesting, but are a little bit light. Overall, it's a worth reading for software architects/developers. I'd like to give it 4.5 stars - well, 5 stars should also be O.K., considering there are so many quick & rush computer books on the market.

Rating: 5
Summary: This book rocks!
Comment: This book is ten times better than GoF or Fowler's book. I would love to see another volume in this series covering Web Services and Integration patterns, maybe written by Ambler, Naggapan, and Cooper would be excellent.

Check out Eric Newcomer's book on Web Services as a great companion.

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