Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

As the original design pattern book, it defines a vocabulary for problems and solutions. Knowing a lot of them gives you the flexibility to explore and talk about solutions at a higher level of abstraction.

If you are getting paid to write software, you are probably working on an enterprise application. It’s tricky to get all the parts right, like database, network, and user interface code. This book will help you make the right trade-offs for the right reasons.