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Students' Guide to Program Design
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Students' Guide to Program Design

by Lesley Anne Robertson
May 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
188 pages
7h 8m
English
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Module design considerations
8.4 Module coupling
When designing
a
solution algorithm,
a
programmer should look not
only
at
the cohesion
of
the modules, but also the flow
of
information
between modules.
The programmer should aim towards module independence. That
is,
towards modules which have fewer and simpler connections with
other modules.
The
fewer these connections, then
the
easier
it is to
maintain
one
module without reference
to
other modules. These
connections are called
interfaces
or
couples.
Coupling
is a
measure
of the
extent
of
information interchange
between modules. Tight coupling implies large dependence
on the
structure
of
on
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