“I would advise students to pay more attention to the fundamental ideas rather than the latest technology. The technology will be out-of-date before they graduate. Fundamental ideas never get out of date.”
—David L. Parnas
In this chapter, I introduce the most important and fundamental principles of well-designed and well-crafted software. What makes these principles special is the fact that they are not tied to certain programming paradigms or programming languages. Some of them are not even specific to software development. For instance, the discussed KISS principle, an acronym for “keep ...
