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Dear Reader,
Thank you for purchasing the MEAP for Grokking Software Architecture! I am thrilled to have you on this journey as we travel across the bridge between writing code that works and designing systems that last.
Why This Book Exists
Starting out as a self-taught dev almost 20 years ago, I didn't learn architecture the traditional way; I learned it the hard way. Through trial and error, and a fair share of late-night debugging sessions. For years, I felt like I was drowning in features without a blueprint, guessing at decisions that would inevitably come back to haunt me. Even after going back to school to obtain my Computer Science degree while working in the industry, it didn't really give me much clarity. I wrote this book to be the guide I wish someone had handed me when I was starting out: a practical, defensible roadmap for making significant technical choices under real-world pressure, beginning on Day One.
Who Should Read This (Prerequisites)
To get the most out of this book, you should be comfortable writing code in at least one object-oriented or functional language.