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Hands-On Design Patterns and Best Practices with Julia
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Hands-On Design Patterns and Best Practices with Julia

by Tom Kwong
January 2020
Intermediate to advanced
532 pages
13h 31m
English
Packt Publishing
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Characteristics of safe applications

Some characteristics of safe applications follow:

  • Each module exposes a minimum set of types, functions, and variables.
  • Each function is called with arguments such that the respective types implement the expected behavior of the function (the L in SOLID; POLA).
  • The return value of a function is clear and documented (POLA).
  • Missing data is handled properly (POLA).
  • Variables are limited to the smallest scope.
  • Exceptions are caught and handled accordingly.

Safety is one of the most important objectives here. An erroneous application can cause major disasters. It can even cost a company millions of dollars. In 2010, Toyota recalled over 400,000 of its Prius hybrid cars due to a software defect with the ...

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