Part of the new series, Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China, this book aims to introduce the theoretical foundations, various sub-fields, current research, and practical methods of software architecture. First off, readers can acquire a basic knowledge of software architecture, including why software architecture is necessary. They are then shown how to describe a system's architecture with formal language. The authors continue by delineating which architecture styles are popular in practice.
From the reviews:
"The book is part of a new series, Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China, that is published in English. ... 'The graduates and undergraduates whose majors are elated to software design and development will benefit much from this book. Also, other people who are interested in software architecture ... '. This may well be true, but in the largely narrative text there is hardly anything a research mathematician might find particularly interesting." (Gunther Schmidt, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1152, 2009)
"The book is part of a new series, Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China, that is published in English. ... 'The graduates and undergraduates whose majors are elated to software design and development will benefit much from this book. Also, other people who are interested in software architecture ... '. This may well be true, but in the largely narrative text there is hardly anything a research mathematician might find particularly interesting." (Gunther Schmidt, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1152, 2009)