Reviews and Comments

Excellent collection of techniques that will enable you to develop test cases for code that you thought was hard to test.

Very code-centric with a focus on object-orientation. Since the book’s publication mocking frameworks (e.g. Mockito) have advanced considerably, so some of the ideas are now even easier to use.

The problem of legacy systems is of course bigger than OO code (databases, COBOL). But for cleaning up and testing OO code, this is a great resource.

An easy to read book covering leadership roles and personal development of software architects.

I read this being interested in software architecture, trying to learn about the systems architecting perspective. I liked the systems-of-systems perspective, emphasizing loose coupling, emergent behavior, operational independence, independent management of elements, and evolutionary developments. But I disliked the (imho somewhat excessive) use of SysML to explain the concepts in the book, such as the definition of what architecture is. Also, while the book is over 400 pages, the material still seems fairly abstract and at times superficial. The book is not very personal, and the authors bring in very little of their own experience in the book.

Wow. Belangrijke analyse voor iedereen die geeft om democratie. Wat hadden Kamerleden, rechters, ambtenaren bij ministeries (financiën, sociale zaken) en de belastingdienst, leden van het kabinet, journalisten, en lezers en kijkers van (sociale) media anders kunnen en moeten doen om de toeslagenaffaire te voorkomen?