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_8

8. Design Principles

John F. Dooley¹   and Vera A. Kazakova²

(1)

Galesburg, IL, USA

(2)

Columbia, MD, USA

 

There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.

—C. A. R. Hoare

One way to look at software problems is with a model that divides the problems into two different layers:

• “Wicked” problems fall in the upper layer. These are problems that typically come from domains outside of computer ...