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📅 April 26, 2021 Become a Better Developer ⏱ 2 minutes read

A Solid Restart – Stop, Plan, Reset, Go

This special topic presentation comes during a time when things have been hectic for a while. Therefore, we are at a crossroads and it is a good time to stop and reset our goals…

📅 April 23, 2021 A Practical Approach To Object-Oriented ⏱ 2 minutes read

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,…

📅 April 16, 2021 A Practical Approach To Object-Oriented ⏱ 2 minutes read

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…

📅 April 14, 2021 A Practical Approach To Object-Oriented ⏱ 2 minutes read

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…

📅 April 12, 2021 A Practical Approach To Object-Oriented ⏱ 3 minutes read

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…

📅 April 11, 2021 A Practical Approach To Object-Oriented ⏱ 3 minutes read

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…

📅 April 7, 2021 A Practical Approach To Object-Oriented ⏱ 3 minutes read

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. …

📅 April 5, 2021 A Practical Approach To Object-Oriented ⏱ 2 minutes read

Testing Object-Oriented Code – A Better Design Approach

We have spent a lot of time on the core concepts of object-oriented design and programming. However, testing object-oriented code is at least as essential to our practical approach. We need to ensure that…

📅 April 5, 2021 A Practical Approach To Object-Oriented ⏱ 2 minutes read

Destructors And Cleaning Up An Instance: Object-Oriented Design

When we get to the end of our use of a class instance, we need to clean up after ourselves. This is where destructors come into play. They are similar to constructors in a…

📅 March 31, 2021 A Practical Approach To Object-Oriented ⏱ 3 minutes read

Constructors And Initializers In Object-Oriented Design

When we create an instance of a class, we often need to do some initialization. Constructors and initializers achieve this goal. These are two different ways to get our data into an instance and…