24 docs tagged with "maintainability"

Design API contracts, implement semantic versioning, detect breaking changes, and evolve schemas while maintaining backward compatibility with existing clients.

Design systems that evolve safely without breaking users and manage versions with semantic clarity.

Comprehensive guide to Big Ball of Mud in software architecture

Track code health with cyclomatic complexity, coupling metrics, and technical debt; implement refactoring strategies and automate code quality gates in CI/CD.

Favor object composition over inheritance to achieve flexibility, reduce fragility, and improve code reuse.

Master the discipline of separating configuration from code for flexibility and safety.

Master DRY principle: eliminate knowledge duplication for maintainable code, improved consistency, and reduced bugs.

Identify volatile aspects of your system and hide them behind stable interfaces to reduce coupling and change impact.

Keep class responsibilities focused and strongly related to its purpose

Build systems where components relate strongly to their purpose while remaining loosely connected to other components.

Prefer immutable data structures to reduce bugs, improve thread safety, and simplify reasoning about code.

Assign responsibility to the class that has the information needed to fulfill it

Clients should not depend on interfaces they don't use. Break large interfaces into smaller, focused ones.

Simplicity first: write code that humans understand before optimizing for machines.

Master the Principle of Least Knowledge to reduce coupling and improve maintainability in complex systems.

Minimize dependencies between classes to improve flexibility, testability, and maintainability

Apply modularity principles, information hiding, and sound module design to reduce coupling, improve cohesion, and enable independent system evolution.

Master naming conventions that clarify code intent and improve readability across all programming contexts.

Software entities should be open for extension, closed for modification. Design for change without breaking existing code.

Design systems where behavior matches user expectations, minimizing surprise and confusion.

Master the ISO/IEC 25010 model and implement performance, reliability, maintainability, testability, usability, and cost-efficiency.

Design systems where different areas address different aspects of functionality, improving modularity and maintainability.

A class should have only one reason to change. Master focused, maintainable design.

Avoid speculative generality: implement only features needed today, not imagined future requirements.