Software Mistakes and Tradeoffs

Optimize the decisions that define your code by exploring the common mistakes and intentional tradeoffs made by expert developersIn Software Mistakes and Tradeoffs youwill learn how to: Reason about your systems to make intuitive and better design decisions Understand consequences and how to balance tradeoffs Pick a proper library for your problem Thoroughly analyse all of your service''s dependencies Understand delivery semantics and how they influence distributed architecture Design and execute performance tests to detect code hot paths and validate a system''s SLA Optimize code hot paths to get the most improvement efficiently Understand tight/loose coupling and how it influences coordination of work between teams Clarify requirements until they are precise, easily implemented, and easily tested Optimize your APIs for friendly user experience In Software Mistakes and Tradeoffs you''ll learn from costly mistakes that Tomasz Lelek and Jon Skeet have encountered over their impressive careers. You will explore real-world scenarios where poor understanding of tradeoffs lead to major problems down the road, to help you make better design decisions. Plus, with a little practice, you''ll be able to avoid the pitfalls that trip up even the most experienced developers.