Fundamentals of Software Engineering

What do you need to know to be a successful software engineer? Undergraduate curricula and bootcamps may teach the fundamentals of algorithms and writing code, but they rarely cover topics vital to your career advancement. With this practical book, you'll learn the skills you need to succeed and thrive.
Authors Nathaniel Schutta and Dan Vega guide your journey with pointers to deep dives into specific topic areas that will help you understand the skills that really matter as a software engineer.
With this book, you'll: - Understand what software engineering is--and why communication and other soft skills matter - Learn the basics of software architecture and architectural drivers - Use common and proven techniques to read and refactor code bases - Understand the importance of testing and how to implement an effective test suite - Learn how to reliably and repeatedly deploy software - Know how to evaluate and choose the right solution or tool for a given problem

Nathaniel T. Schutta is a software architect focused on cloud computing and building usable applications. A proponent of polyglot programming, Nate has written multiple books and appeared in various videos. Nate is a seasoned speaker regularly presenting at conferences worldwide, No Fluff Just Stuff symposia, meetups, universities, and user groups. In addition to his day job, Nate is an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota where he teaches students to embrace (and evaluate) technical change. Driven to rid the world of bad presentations, Nate coauthored the book Presentation Patterns with Neal Ford and Matthew McCullough. Nate also published Thinking Architecturally and Responsible Microservices available as free downloads from VMware.