Fowler's "Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture" still relevant?

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Jack Singleton picture Jack Singleton · Mar 28, 2009 · Viewed 19k times · Source

I'm thinking of buying Martin Fowler's "Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture".

From what I can see it seems like a great book, an architectural book with bias towards enterprise Java -- just what I need.

However, in computer years, it is quite old. 2003 was a long time ago, and things have moved on quite a bit since that time.

So I'm wondering if anyone can tell me: is this book still relevant, and worth the read?

Answer

Mitch Wheat picture Mitch Wheat · Mar 28, 2009

Yes, it is still very relevant and an excellent resource.

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