This guide equips the reader with the skills to design and build robust, distributed systems using modern C++. Starting with fundamental architectural principles and design philosophies, Andrey Gavrilin, Adrian Ostrowski and Piotr Gaczkowski walk readers through practical approaches to designing and deploying reliable systems. This edition contains significant updates across the book, including new chapters on observability, package management, and C++ modules to address real-world software challenges.

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Readers will explore software decomposition strategies, design and system patterns, fault tolerance, API management, and testability—all applied with C++.

Authors: Andrey Gavrilin, Adrian Ostrowski and Piotr Gaczkowski 
Publisher: Packt
Date: December 2025
Pages: 738
ISBN: 978-1803243016
Print: 1803243015
Kindle: B0FGPS463L
Audience: C++ developers
Level: Intermediate
Category: C/C++

Topics covered:

• Apply architectural fundamentals to design scalable C++ systems
• Use modern C++ features to create maintainable and secure applications
• Implement architectural and system design patterns
• Design testable code and automate quality checks via CI/CD pipelines
• Manage dependencies and build systems using CMake and Conan
• Explore microservices, containers, and cloud-native practices in C++
• Improve observability with logging, tracing, and monitoring tools
• Build deployable C++ systems suited for modern development environments

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