Software Programming Principles

http://webpro.github.io/programming-principles/

http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=331531

Generic

• KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)
• YAGNI
• Do The Simplest Thing That Could Possibly Work
• Separation of Concerns
• Keep Things DRY
• Code For The Maintainer
• Avoid Premature Optimization
• Boy-Scout RuleInter-Module/Class

• Minimise Coupling
• Law of Demeter
• Composition Over Inheritance
• Orthogonality

Module/Class

• Maximise Cohesion
• Liskov Substitution Principle
• Open/Closed Principle
• Single Responsibility Principle
• Hide Implementation Details
• Curly’s Law
• Encapsulate What Changes
• Interface Segregation Principle
• Command Query Separation