CSC207H1 Lecture Notes - Kent Beck, Ward Cunningham, Software Design
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Object oriented design: why do we use objected-oriented programing. Allowing us to change our minds about implementation. One way: noun/verb analysis: identify nouns as potential classes. But some become features of classes rather than classes themselves: identify verbs as potential methods, nice, but: Created the first wiki: kent and ward, in the late 1980"s, shaped the noun/verb analysis into a full-fledged design technique. Index cards, one per class, to record responsibilities (methods and data) and interactions between classes. Class-responsibility-collaboration (crc) cards: a brainstorming technique: You are given a description of a problem from a client. Crc cards promote thinking about the problem at a higher level. Think of each card as an object (an instance of a class: crc process: given a prolem description. Gather your nouns and write them down, one per card. You may decide to throw some cards out later; that"s fine.
