Software Design: Tidy First?

TT? Chapter: One Principle, One Technique

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Kent Beck
May 24, 2024
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Here I go changing the outline already. Oh well, that’s what happens when you start writing. “I want to talk about this but dang I have to talk about that first.”

I promised you a bag full of refactorings to reduce coupling, increase cohesion, clear spotty skin, & reduce puffiness. Well, those first two anyway. I’ll get to those techniques in just a seco…

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