Chapter 6. Application Partitioning
So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet a union in partition; Two lovely berries moulded on one stem.
—Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
If you destroy a bridge, be sure you can swim.
—Swahili proverb
In 1987 the author took his first formal training course in an OOA/D methodology. The first diagram described the large-scale, logical partitioning of the application, which today is known as a UML Component diagram. The instructor was asked how much time should be spent on the diagram. His answer was, “If you spend half a day, that is probably too long.” That was the single worst piece of technical advice the author ever received. For a large application, that activity ...
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