Design maxims

Object oriented design maxims

maxim:: (noun) A general truth or rule of conduct expressed in a sentence.

Lets use the term maxim to mean all the rules, laws, guidelines, principles, heuristics, strategies, patterns and idioms that are named by a standard phrase.

Maxims

• Acyclic dependencies principle
• AvoidDowncasting
• AvoidEquals
• AvoidInheritanceForImplementation
• AvoidSideEffects
• BehavioralCompleteness
• BigDesignUpFront
• CommandQuerySeparation
• CommonClosurePrinciple
• CommonReusePrinciple
• CouplingAndCohesion
• DependencyInversionPrinciple
• DesignByContract
• DontBurnYourBaseClass
• DontExposeMutableAttributes
• DontRepeatYourself
• DoTheSimplestThingThatCouldPossiblyWork
• EncapsulateThatWhichVaries
• EncapsulationIsHierarchical
• FatInterfaces
• FavorCompositionOverInheritance
• GettersAndSetters
• GotoConsideredHarmful
• HideYourDecisions
• ImpedanceMismatch
• InformationHiding
• InterfaceSegregationPrinciple
• KeepAccessorsAndMutatorsSeparate
• KeepItSimple
• LawOfDemeter
• LiskovSubstitutionPrinciple
• ModelTheRealWorld
• NamedConstants
• NoConcreteBaseClasses
• NoSilverBullet
• OneResponsibilityRule
• OpenClosedPrinciple
• OnceAndOnlyOnce
• PrematureOptimization
• ProgramToTheInterfaceNotTheImplementation
• ReuseReleaseEquivalencePrinciple
• SingleResponsibilityPrinciple
• SeparationOfConcerns
• SingleChoicePrinciple
• SoftwareCrisis
• SoftwareReuse
• StableAbstractionsPrinciple
• StableDependenciesPrinciple
• TellDontAsk
• YouAintGonnaNeedIt

Clumps of maxims

* JohnsonAndFootesHeuristics:
 * RecursionIntroduction.
 * EliminateCaseAnalysis.
 * ReduceTheNumberOfArguments.
 * ReduceTheSizeOfMethods.
 * ClassHierarchiesShouldBeDeepAndNarrow.
 * TheTopOfTheClassHierarchyShouldBeAbstract.
 * MinimizeAccessesToVariables.
 * SubclassesShouldBeSpecializations.
 * SplitLargeClasses.
 * FactorImplementationDifferencesIntoSubcomponents.
 * SeparateMethodsThatDoNotCommunicate.
 * SendMessagesToComponentsInsteadOfToSelf.
 * ReduceImplicitParameterPassing
* RielsHeuristics:
* BobMartinsPrinciples:
 * (SRP) The SingleResponsibilityPrinciple
 * (OCP) The OpenClosedPrinciple
 * (LSP) The LiskovSubstitutionPrinciple
 * (DIP) The DependencyInversionPrinciple
 * (ISP) The InterfaceSegregationPrinciple
 * (REP) The ReuseReleaseEquivalencePrinciple
 * (CCP) The CommonClosurePrinciple
 * (CRP) The CommonReusePrinciple
 * (ADP) The AcyclicDependenciesPrinciple
 * (SDP) The StableDependenciesPrinciple
 * (SAP) The StableAbstractionsPrinciple
* KenAuer1995:
 * DefineClassesByBehaviorNotStatePattern. 
 * ImplementBehaviorWithAbstractStatePattern. 
 * IdentifyMessageLayersPattern. 
 * DeferIdentificationOfStateVariablesPattern. 
 * EncapsulateConcreteStatePattern. 
 * UseLazyInitializationPattern. 
 * DefineDefaultValuesViaExplicitProtocolPattern.
* AlanDavis1995:
* CodeSmells