This is an index to already published articles on software design.

There are some rules to follow and embrace to make great software designs. This article will summarize them, serving as an index to full stories.

Axioms

Build a MAPPER

What is (wrong with) software

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 8 '20

#oop #solid #beginners #design

Keep a bijection to real entities:

The One and Only Software Design Principle

Maxi Contieri ・ Oct 13 '20

#beginners #tutorial #design #oop

Corollaries

Do not use null

Null: The Billion dollar mistake

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 18 '20

#codenewbie #tutorial #programming #webdev

Avoid Accidental IFs

How to Get Rid of Annoying IFs Forever

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 9 '20

#oop #programming #codenewbie #tutorial

Favor immutability:

The evil powers of mutants

Maxi Contieri ・ Dec 19 '20

#webdev #programming #mutation #oop

Avoid Setters and Getters:

Nude Models — Part I : Setters

Maxi Contieri ・ Feb 20 '21

#codenewbie #tutorial #oop #programming

Nude Models — Part II : Getters

Maxi Contieri ・ Feb 23 '21

#webdev #programming #oop #tutorial

Best practices

Avoid Coupling:

Coupling: The one and only software design problem

Maxi Contieri ・ Feb 6 '21

#webdev #programming #oop #tutorial

Fail Fast:

Fail Fast

Maxi Contieri ・ Dec 6 '20

#codenewbie #programming #webdev #oop

Avoid Meta-Programming:

Laziness I: Meta-programming

Maxi Contieri ・ Jan 30 '21

#codenewbie #metaprogramming #oop #programming

Avoid Dynamic Code Generation:

Laziness II: Code Wizards

Maxi Contieri ・ Feb 3 '21

#webdev #tutorial #programming #codenewbie

Choose meaningful names

What exactly is a name? — Part I: The Quest

Maxi Contieri ・ Feb 9 '21

#codenewbie #tutorial #webdev #oop

What exactly is a name - Part II Rehab

Maxi Contieri ・ May 23 '21

#tutorial #codenewbie #programming #webdev

Build a Theory

Programming as Theory Building

Maxi Contieri ・ May 22 '21

#codenewbie #programming #software #webdev

Avoid Accidental Complexity

Coupling: The one and only software design problem

Maxi Contieri ・ Feb 6 '21

#webdev #programming #oop #tutorial

Get Inspired by Quotes

Software Engineering Great Quotes

Maxi Contieri ・ Dec 28 '20

#codenewbie #programming #quotes #software

Anti Patterns

Do not use Singleton:

Singleton: The Root of all Evil

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 17 '20

#oop #tutorial #codenewbie #programming

Avoid Code Smells

How to Find the Stinky parts of your Code

Maxi Contieri ・ May 21 '21

#codenewbie #tutorial #codequality #beginners

Exercises

How to Decouple a Legacy System

Maxi Contieri ・ Mar 1 '21

#codenewbie #programming #poo #tutorial

How to Squeeze Test Driven Development on Legacy Systems

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 26 '20

#oop #tutorial #tdd #legacy

How I Survived the Zombie Apocalypse

Maxi Contieri ・ Nov 11 '20

#oop #tdd #testing #tutorial

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