http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2010/02/08/willed-vs-forced-designs/ Thoughts on Software Development Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2010/02/08/willed-vs-forced-designs/comment-page-1/#comment-31699 Steve Freeman Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:47:53 +0000 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/?p=2126#comment-31699 Speaking as someone who (I naively believe) is not a novice about OO development, I find I prefer a little guidance from my tools, since often I need to narrow the choice of solution rather than expand it. Others I know have found that the "Dreyfus" path runs the other way. Start with the the simple API toolkits, with an emphasis on low-cost stubbing and straightforward call matching. Then move towards thinking about collaborations and protocols. Speaking as someone who (I naively believe) is not a novice about OO development, I find I prefer a little guidance from my tools, since often I need to narrow the choice of solution rather than expand it. Others I know have found that the “Dreyfus” path runs the other way. Start with the the simple API toolkits, with an emphasis on low-cost stubbing and straightforward call matching. Then move towards thinking about collaborations and protocols.

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