Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

Preface

Leading software designers have recognized domain modeling and design as critical topics for at least 20 years, yet surprisingly little has been written about what needs to be done or how to do it. Although it has never been formulated clearly, a philosophy has emerged as an undercurrent in the object community, a philosophy I call domain-driven design.

I have spent the past decade developing complex systems in several business and technical domains. In my work, I have tried best practices in design and development process as they have emerged from the leaders in object-oriented development. Some of my projects were very successful; a few failed. A feature common to the successes was a rich domain model that evolved through iterations ...