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📅 April 23, 2021

Object-Oriented Design : Invest In The Design Process

We wrap up the season with a focus on the design process. There is a cost to doing this, as with most things of value. However, you will find that the benefits in tighter, easier to maintain, and higher quality…

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📅 April 16, 2021

Keep It Simple – Avoid Complex Object-Oriented Designs

Software developers are known for many traits. Unfortunately, one of those is ignoring the keep it simple philosophy. We tend to “show off” our prowess through complex designs and implementations. However, those rarely are the best ones in terms of…

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📅 April 14, 2021

Leverage Your Language – Use What It Gives You

An often overlooked facet of object-oriented design is how to leverage your language to speed development. Every coding language has features and strengths to make your design or implementation better. We should not design to a language initially. However, we…

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📅 April 12, 2021

Finding Balance In Your Object-Oriented Design Complexity

There are many areas of life where moderation is required. Object-oriented design complexity is one of those situations. We can create a solution that is highly granular and flexible or one that is monolithic and simple. However, as is often…

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📅 April 11, 2021

Documentation Of Our Object-Oriented Solution

It is hard to think of a facet of software development that programmers dislike more than documentation. This task is almost always pushed to the end, and shortcuts are used wherever possible. However, we also are quick to complain about…

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📅 April 7, 2021

Test-Driven Development – A Better Object Oriented Design Approach

Testing and Design are often at opposite ends of the software development life-cycle. However, test-driven development is an excellent way to drive our design. It can help us build better classes and improve re-use. This episode focuses on TDD and…

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