This post might be considered academic, but it offers a good overview of what I believe to be the guiding principles in terms of software modularity.
Tag » Development
27 Nov 2008
In a previous post we met object orientation’s worst enemy (i.e. strong, unplanned dependencies among classes). It is now time to have a closer look at Dependency Inversion, which is one of the most efficient OOP techniques available with which to fight our adversary.
14 Oct 2008
Strong dependencies among classes (or components) are definitely the villains within a software architecture. The opposite of strong dependencies, ie completely decoupled architectures, do not exist however, because such a utopian schema would actually result in no messages being exchanged among objects at all. Architects should focus on minimizing strong dependencies, designing only well-planned ones. I refer to the latter as healthy dependencies, and they undoubtedly bring a lot of benefits to a system.
06 Oct 2008
When we talk about Apple, mankind is pretty much divided into three camps: lovers, haters and developers. Seriously, I never thought the day would come when I’d say such a thing, but the fact is: Apple needs the other Steve.
