The Architecture of Open Source Applications
by Amy Brown, Greg Wilson
Publisher: Lulu.com 2011
ISBN-13: 9781257638017
Description:
In this book, the authors of twenty-five open source applications explain how their software is structured, and why. What are each program's major components? How do they interact? And what did their builders learn during their development? In answering these questions, the contributors to this book provide unique insights into how they think.
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