Fundamentals of Software Engineering
From Coder to Engineer
Published on 30. November 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
350 pages
978-1-0981-4323-7 (ISBN)
Description
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
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
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Sebastopol
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 179 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
695 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0981-4323-7 (9781098143237)
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Persons
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. Dan Vega is a Spring Developer Advocate at VMware Tanzu. He has been developing software for over 20 years, and his superpower is problem-solving. Dan is a blogger, YouTuber, course creator, and speaker. He is also a lifelong learner who is passionate about sharing his knowledge with other developers.