What Is Software Design and How Can We Do It Well?
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Defines what “design” means in software engineering and questions whether design is just UML diagrams or something broader. Covers where software design is expressed (code, tests, architecture, artifacts) and discusses practical ways to improve everyday design practice using object-oriented and agile-informed approaches.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Software design introduction
- 8:53Source code as design
- 19:35Design with complete objects
- 33:30Valid and immutable objects
- 41:19Documentation in source code
- 45:58Programming is designing
- 56:19Q&A
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