Dave Laribee

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• Super Models, Part 2: Avoid Mutators

  A quick disclaimer: we're entering religious territory here. I feel strongly about this issue, but it's certainly my opinion. If you want to get the full sense of how passionate people are about this issue, check out this article at JavaWorld... Posted Jul 08 2008, 10:11 PM by Dave Laribee with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: code, DDD, oo, opinion

• Super Models, Part 1: Sexy Specifications

  In Domain-Driven Design we turn to the specification pattern when we want to check whether an object matches some criteria. I think specification is the oft-forgotten bastard child pattern of the domain model pattern language. I know I frequently turn... Posted Jun 15 2008, 02:48 PM by Dave Laribee with | with 18 comment(s) Filed under: .net, C#, code, DDD, design, Domain Model, DSLs, patterns, specification

• Design: Paul Rand & Ubiquitous Language

  The Ubiquitous Language is an important concept in Domain-Driven Design. Some time back, I found this video of Paul Rand talking about his views on the essence of design and art. I love it and see an immediate parallel between his thoughts and the style... Posted May 18 2008, 05:12 PM by Dave Laribee with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: architecture, art, DDD, design, Ubiquitous Language

• Ubiquitrons

  Ubiquitrons are an elementary particle in the physics of software development. Much like gravitrons or neutrinos they are everywhere. The air, your office, and your brain are constantly penetrated by hundreds if not thousands of ubiquitrons each and every... Posted Sep 26 2007, 03:03 PM by Dave Laribee with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: BDD, DDD, Language, Ubiquitous Language

• Domain Model Overuse

  I thought it was interesting to hear Eric Evans in a recent InfoQ interview say (emphasis mine): I became more and more aware that one of the basic mistakes that model enthusiasts made from the start was the idea that we should just model everything ... Posted Sep 24 2007, 04:54 PM by Dave Laribee with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: DDD, Domain Model