In response to this tweet, people recommended their favorite design-focused books, which I'll list.
But read on to the end because I want more :)
"Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests" by @natpryce & @sf105
"Practical Object-Oriented Design" by @sandimetz
1/n
But read on to the end because I want more :)
"Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests" by @natpryce & @sf105
"Practical Object-Oriented Design" by @sandimetz
1/n
https://twitter.com/ScottWlaschin/status/1388586108355817476
"Programming DSLs in Kotlin" by @venkat_s
"Joy of Kotlin" by @pysaumont
"Designing Elixir Systems with OTP" by @JEG2 & @redrapids
"Data-oriented design" dataorienteddesign.com/dodbook/
leanpub.com/usablesoftware… by @alexboly
2/n
"Joy of Kotlin" by @pysaumont
"Designing Elixir Systems with OTP" by @JEG2 & @redrapids
"Data-oriented design" dataorienteddesign.com/dodbook/
leanpub.com/usablesoftware… by @alexboly
2/n
And some FP-focused ones
"Elements of Clojure" by @ztellman
"Grokking Simplicity" by @ericnormand
"FP in Scala" by @pchiusano and @runarorama
"Functional Design and Architecture" by @graninas
3/n
"Elements of Clojure" by @ztellman
"Grokking Simplicity" by @ericnormand
"FP in Scala" by @pchiusano and @runarorama
"Functional Design and Architecture" by @graninas
3/n
and more formal ones:
"Algebra-Driven Design" by Sandy Maguire (Haskell)
"Software Abstractions" by Daniel Jackson (Alloy)
"Specifying Systems" by Leslie Lamport (TLA+)
And I'm sure there are many other worthy books as well that were not mentioned. But...
4/n
"Algebra-Driven Design" by Sandy Maguire (Haskell)
"Software Abstractions" by Daniel Jackson (Alloy)
"Specifying Systems" by Leslie Lamport (TLA+)
And I'm sure there are many other worthy books as well that were not mentioned. But...
4/n
...while these are good, I'm not quite satisfied.
First, many of these books are targeted at a specific language community (even though the ideas might be more generally useful), which is a shame.
Here's an example:
5/n
First, many of these books are targeted at a specific language community (even though the ideas might be more generally useful), which is a shame.
Here's an example:
https://twitter.com/graninas/status/1387360203381919745
5/n
More importantly, I guess I'm missing the ambition and cross-disciplinary feel of the earlier books. I'd like to see a book that covered *everything* you need to be a good designer in the 2020's!
Such as...
6/n
Such as...
6/n
* Big picture: systems thinking, OODA, Cynefin, etc
* Human-centred design, everyone-in-the-same-room approaches like event storming
* But also covering formal approaches starting with type-driven design but also including a quick intro to formal methods
7/n
* Human-centred design, everyone-in-the-same-room approaches like event storming
* But also covering formal approaches starting with type-driven design but also including a quick intro to formal methods
7/n
* FP-ideas like purity-first, composition, immutability and how that affects design and architecture
* Working with immutable data: "accountants don't use erasers" (e.g. event sourcing)
* Basics of designing for distributed systems
8/n
* Working with immutable data: "accountants don't use erasers" (e.g. event sourcing)
* Basics of designing for distributed systems
8/n
* Modern testing and verification approaches, not just TDD but also PBT, mutations. Testing in production, etc.
* And also integrating (rather than leaving to the end) stuff which used to be optional but is now critical: security, observability, ethics, etc.
9/n
* And also integrating (rather than leaving to the end) stuff which used to be optional but is now critical: security, observability, ethics, etc.
9/n
Maybe that's all too much to fit in one book 😃
But it would be nice to see a revival of that kind of ambitious approach. I'd read it!
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But it would be nice to see a revival of that kind of ambitious approach. I'd read it!
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