Appendix A. Principles of data-oriented programming
Data-oriented programming (DOP) is a programming paradigm aimed at simplifying the design and implementation of software systems, where information is at the center in systems such as frontend or backend web applications and web services, for example. Instead of designing information systems around software constructs that combine code and data (e.g., objects instantiated from classes), DOP encourages the separation of code from data. Moreover, DOP provides guidelines about how to represent and manipulate data.
💡Tip In DOP, data is treated as a first-class citizen.
The essence of DOP is that it treats data as a first-class citizen. It gives developers the ability to manipulate data inside a ...
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