Category Archives: Principles

One score (minus five) years ago, in the age of yore and of our programming forefathers, there was written a little book. A seminal book. A book that would change things. That book was called Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable … Continue reading →

I speak and write a lot about principles, patterns, and practices.  There has been a lot of hullabaloo lately about blind, rigid adherence to principles and how, apparently, this will result in some sort of catastrophe. Frankly, if we, as … Continue reading →

I started typing a comment to John Teague’s post about Creating a Culture of Quality, but it got a little long so I decided to make it a post. If you would be so kind, please read John’s post first … Continue reading →

Problem Statement     I’m thinking about putting ‘Problem Preventer‘ on my resume. Many of the folks I’m talking with in interviews and phone screens don’t seem to get this at all.  I get a lot of questions about problems solved, … Continue reading →

The Single Responsibility Principle This post is about the first letter in Uncle Bob’s SOLID acronym, Single Responsibility Principle, and a continuation of The Los Techies Pablo’s Topic of the Month – March: SOLID Principles.  Sean has already posted on … Continue reading →