Software Development, Design, and Coding: With Patterns, Debugging, Unit Testing, and Refactoring

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J. F. Dooley, V. A. KazakovaSoftware Development, Design, and Codinghttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0285-0_12

12. Object-Oriented Design Principles

John F. Dooley¹   and Vera A. Kazakova²

(1)

Galesburg, IL, USA

(2)

Columbia, MD, USA

 

Devotion to the facts will always give the pleasures of recognition; adherence to the rules of design, the pleasures of order and certainty.

—Kenneth Clark

How can I qualify my faith in the inviolability of the design principles? Their virtue is demonstrated. They work.

—Edgar Whitney

Now that we’ve spent some time looking at object-oriented analysis and design, let’s recapitulate some of what you’ve already seen and talk about some ...