When designing software there are always things you need to remember; things that impact the developers and things that impact the user and their end user experience. In my mind, these are flexibility, reliability and predictability.
Design for flexibility
Flexibility isn’t something that automatically comes built into any design. It’s something that has to be carefully crafted [...]
1. Write a story
Start by writing a short story describing the problem you are modeling, taking care to use correct domain terminology. It should describe what your application does (or will do). It doesn’t have to be long, just a paragraph or two. This will force you to use domain terminology and think about the [...]
What’s the big deal about choosing a good object name? It’s just a name. Think like this and your designs are likely to reflect the dull enthusiasm your naming choices do. I love this excerpt from Lev Vygotsky, it really shows how much life and electricity a name brings to an object and those around [...]
