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IntroBefore investigating what the SOLID principles are and how to apply them properly, we need to understand why do we need them at all? SOLID principles are all about designing software. But what is design? How to define the design of software? […]
SRP Definition In this article, we will look at what is single responsibility principle and look at some simple examples in C# which demonstrate the single responsibility principle and how to adhere to the SRP. Single Responsibility Principles or SRP in short states that every object should have a single [...]
The second principle we’re going to talk about is the Open/Closed Principle. If we look at Wikipedia, we will see the following definition: The Open/Closed Principle states that software entities (classes, modules, functions, etc.) should be open for extension, but closed for modification. Problem Statement What it means, in essence, is that when we need to introduce a change, we shouldn’t dig deep into [...]
LSP Definition The official definition from Barbara Liskov sounds like this: “If S is a subtype of T, then objects of type T may be replaced with objects of type S, without breaking the program” – B. Liskov. It’s not very hard to grasp what this definition means but I’ll quote the definition of LSP from the book of Uncle Bob “Agile Principles, [...]
In this part of the SOLID series, we're going to revisit the ISP or Interface Segregation Principle. Yep, this is a very long article. If you want an easier way of learning SOLID principles in depth, then I would recommend you taking my SOLID tutorial just for 10.99$. Interface Segregation Principle Definition Before giving a definition, I want to [...]