Learning Domain-Driven Design: Aligning Software Architecture and Business Strategy

Product Description

Building software is harder than ever. As a developer, you not only have to chase ever-changing technological trends but also need to understand the business domains behind the software. This practical book provides you with a set of core patterns, principles, and practices for analyzing business domains, understanding business strategy, and, most importantly, aligning software design with its business needs.
Author Vlad Khononov shows you how these practices lead to robust implementation of business logic and help to future-proof software design and architecture. You’ll examine the relationship between domain-driven design (DDD) and other methodologies to ensure you make architectural decisions that meet business requirements. You’ll also explore the real-life story of implementing DDD in a startup company.
With this book, you’ll learn how to:

Analyze a company’s business domain to learn how the system you’re building fits its competitive strategy
Use DDD’s strategic and tactical tools to architect effective software solutions that address business needs
Build a shared understanding of the business domains you encounter
Decompose a system into bounded contexts
Coordinate the work of multiple teams
Gradually introduce DDD to brownfield projects

Review

“Vladik Khononov is a unique thinker who has been applying DDD to solve real business problems for years. His ideas constantly move the whole DDD community forward, and this book will inspire beginning DDD practitioners.” —Nick Tune, Technology Consultant

“Reflecting on my readings of drafts of this book, the thing that comes to mind, with a great deal of joy at the thought, is that it delivers on its title! It is an inviting and informative practice guide, covering the scope of DDD from strategy to technical design. I’ve gained new insight and understanding in areas where I have experience and filled in concepts and practices I’d had less exposure to. Vlad is a wonderful teacher!” —Ruth Malan, Architecture Consultant at Bredemeyer Consulting

“Vlad has a lot of hard-won experience as a DDD practitioner working on some deeply complex projects and has been generous in sharing that knowledge. In this book, he tells the story of DDD in a unique way providing a great perspective for learning. This book is aimed at newcomers, yet as a longtime DDD practitioner who also writes and speaks about DDD, I found that I learned so much from his perspective.” —Julie Lerman, Software Coach, O’Reilly Author, and Serial DDD Advocate

“This should be required reading for all software architects and leaders in the field!” — Jeremy Stafford, Lead Software Engineer at PetSmart

“It’s a trully great contribution to preserving/restoring the software industry’s sanity” — Asher Sterkin, Senior Vice President Of Engineering at BlackSwan Technologies

About the Author

Vlad (Vladik) Khononov is a software engineer with over 20 years of industry experience, during which he has worked for companies large and small in roles ranging from webmaster to chief architect. Vlad maintains an active media career as a public speaker, blogger, and author. He travels the world consulting and talking about domain-driven design, microservices, and software architecture in general. Vlad helps companies make sense of their business domains, untangle legacy systems, and tackle complex architectural challenges. Vladik lives in Northern Israel with his wife and an almost-reasonable number of cats.