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📅 March 29, 2021

Software Design – Finding Balance With Coupling And Cohesion

We have spent a few episodes looking at cohesion and coupling. Now it is time to find balance in these two software design approaches. Each approach has strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, our best approach is to combine the strengths while…

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📅 March 29, 2021

Coupling – A Smaller Object Approach To Software Solutions

In object-oriented software, we talk about the concept of coupling. Put simply; this is a small object approach to our solution. It is the opposite end of the spectrum from large-object, or monolithic, designs. In my experience, a developer’s bias…

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📅 March 22, 2021

Cohesion – A Big Object Approach To Design

This episode focuses on cohesion and the idea of using fewer large objects to solve a problem. This approach is often considered the opposite of using more smaller objects. We will find out that there are ways to combine these…

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📅 March 19, 2021

Cohesion and Coupling in Object-Oriented Design

Cohesion and coupling are options that are often discussed in object-oriented design circles. They are two ways to approach a solution. On the one hand, the solution can be a larger, self-contained approach. On the other hand, the solution can…

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📅 March 19, 2021

Property Design In An Object-Oriented System

One of the most prevalent topics of consideration in an object-oriented system is property design. We can keep them simple or create more classes. The first approach is simpler and faster to implement. However, we can use objects to provide…

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📅 March 19, 2021

Class Relationships – When Has-A Shows a Relation

Our language can blur the distinctions of class relationships in designing our solution. The “has-a” determination is often confused by how the English language can translate those words. We also have to keep a context for assigning a class. Likewise,…

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