Object Design Checklist

This is an index to already published articles on software design.

Axioms

Build a MAPPER

What is (wrong with) software

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 8 '20 ・ 4 min read

#oop #solid #beginners #design

Keep a bijection to real entities:

The One and Only Software Design Principle

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 13 '20 ・ 5 min read

#beginners #tutorial #design #oop

Corollaries

Do not use null

Null: The Billion dollar mistake

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 18 '20 ・ 6 min read

#codenewbie #tutorial #programming #webdev

Avoid Accidental IFs

How to Get Rid of Annoying IFs Forever

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 9 '20 ・ 5 min read

#oop #programming #codenewbie #tutorial

Favor immutability:

The evil powers of mutants

Maxi Contieri ・ Dec 19 '20 ・ 6 min read

#webdev #programming #mutation #oop

Avoid Setters and Getters:

Nude Models — Part I : Setters

Maxi Contieri ・ Feb 20 ・ 6 min read

#codenewbie #tutorial #oop #programming

Nude Models — Part II : Getters

Maxi Contieri ・ Feb 23 ・ 7 min read

#webdev #programming #oop #tutorial

Best practices

Avoid Coupling:

Coupling: The one and only software design problem

Maxi Contieri ・ Feb 6 ・ 5 min read

#webdev #programming #oop #tutorial

Fail Fast:

Fail Fast

Maxi Contieri ・ Dec 6 '20 ・ 6 min read

#codenewbie #programming #webdev #oop

Avoid Meta-Programming:

Laziness I: Meta-programming

Maxi Contieri ・ Jan 30 ・ 7 min read

#codenewbie #metaprogramming #oop #programming

Avoid Dynamic Code Generation:

Laziness II: Code Wizards

Maxi Contieri ・ Feb 3 ・ 4 min read

#webdev #tutorial #programming #codenewbie

Choose meaningful names

What exactly is a name? — Part I: The Quest

Maxi Contieri ・ Feb 9 ・ 8 min read

#codenewbie #tutorial #webdev #oop

What exactly is a name - Part II Rehab

Maxi Contieri ・ May 23 ・ 5 min read

#tutorial #codenewbie #programming #webdev

Build a Theory

Programming as Theory Building

Maxi Contieri ・ May 22 ・ 6 min read

#codenewbie #programming #software #webdev

Avoid Accidental Complexity

Coupling: The one and only software design problem

Maxi Contieri ・ Feb 6 ・ 5 min read

#webdev #programming #oop #tutorial

Get Inspired by Quotes

Software Engineering Great Quotes

Maxi Contieri ・ Dec 28 '20 ・ 13 min read

#codenewbie #programming #quotes #software

Anti Patterns

Do not use Singleton:

Singleton: The Root of all Evil

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 17 '20 ・ 9 min read

#oop #tutorial #codenewbie #programming

Avoid Code Smells

How to Find the Stinky parts of your Code

Maxi Contieri ・ May 21 ・ 4 min read

#codenewbie #tutorial #codequality #beginners

Exercises

How to Decouple a Legacy System

Maxi Contieri ・ Mar 1 ・ 7 min read

#codenewbie #programming #poo #tutorial

How to Squeeze Test Driven Development on Legacy Systems

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 26 '20 ・ 7 min read

#oop #tutorial #tdd #legacy

How I Survived the Zombie Apocalypse

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 11 '20 ・ 5 min read

#oop #tdd #testing #tutorial

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