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Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software View Larger Image | Michael T. Nygard
Pragmatic Bookshelf, Paperback, Published March 2007, 304 pages, ISBN 0978739213 | List Price: $34.95
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Whether it's in Java, .NET, or Ruby on Rails, getting your application ready
to ship is only half the battle. Did you design your system to survive a sudden
rush of visitors from Digg or Slashdot? Or an influx of real world customers
from 100 different countries? Are you ready for a world filled with flakey
networks, tangled databases, and impatient
users?
If you're a developer and don't want to be on call at 3AM for the rest of your
life, this book will help.
In Release It!, Michael T. Nygard shows you how to design and architect
your application for the harsh realities it will face. You'll learn how to design
your application for maximum uptime, performance, and return on investment.
Mike explains that many problems with systems today start with the design:
"It's disconnected from the real world. It's the same as cars designed solely
in the cool comfort of the lab-they look great in models and CAD systems, but
don't work well in the real world. You want a car designed by somebody who knows
that oil changes are always 3,000 miles late; that the tires must work just
as well on the last sixteenth of an inch of tread as on the first; and that
you will certainly, at some point, stomp on the brakes while you're holding
an Egg McMuffin in one hand and a cell phone in the other." With a combination
of case studies and practical advice, Patterns to follow and Anti-Patterns to
avoid, Release It! will help you manage the pitfalls that cost companies
huge amounts of time and money each year.
About the Author
Michael Nygard has been a professional programmer and architect for over 15
years. He has delivered systems to the U. S. Government, the military, banking,
finance, agriculture, and retail industries. Michael has written numerous articles
and editorials, spoken at Comdex, and coauthored one of the earliest Java books.
Michael has designed, built, and engineered systems for B2B exchanges, retail
commerce sites, travel and leisure sites, an information brokerage, and web
applications for the intelligence community.
Among other exciting projects in his position as Director of Engineering for
Totality Corporation, Michael led the operations team through the launch of
a tier 1 retail site. His experience with the birth and infancy of this retail
platform gives him a unique perspective on building software for high performance
and high reliability in the face of an actively hostile environment.
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