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OO Design related questions in technical interviews
I've been attending quite a few interviews recently and have been asked by companies to answer "design a [insert model]" questions more than a few times.
Is this normal in the industry nowadays? ...
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How to design software when using BDD?
I'm working on a project right now and it's my first project using BDD. Up till now, the user stories have proven themselves a very valuable weapon to understand requirements and to specify the ...
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Are UML class diagrams adequate to design javascript systems?
Given that UML is oriented towards a more classic approach to object orientation, is it still usable in a reliable way to design javascript systems?
One specific problem that I can see is that class ...
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“UML is the worst thing to ever happen to MDD.” Why?
William Cook in a tweet wrote that:
"UML is the worst thing to ever happen to MDD. Fortunately many people now realize this ..."
I would like to know the reasoning behind that claim (apparently, ...
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Truly useful UML diagrams
UML has a jungle of Diagrams.
Profile Diagrams, Class Diagrams, Package Diagrams...
However, (IMH-and-not-too-experienced-O) I quite see that doing each and every diagram is overkill.
Therefore, ...
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What is the order of diagram drawing in a design?
I'm new with OOP and UML and I have some confusion here. I'd like to know where to start, I mean, somebody comes to you and ask you to do something (involves software design of course), once you have ...
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Plan variable and call dependencies [closed]
I'd like to write down the design of my program to understand the dependencies and calls better. I know there are class diagrams which show inheritance and attribute variables.
However I'd also like ...
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How can I express recursive composition in UML class diagrams?
I have one class called "Institution" which represents a public institution (with properties like id_inst, name_inst, tel_inst, fax_inst...). The institution can have affiliated institutions, for ...
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Where to start a software Analysis & Designing?
I am starting a big database-oriented software project to develop. I have full picture of the software in mind. I need to do the designing using UML. As there are various tools in UML such as usecase, ...
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How do you perform modeling in an Extreme Programming environment?
I know methodologies, like Extreme Programming (XP), which specifies its own specific practices for developing software. However, unlike Scrum where it focuses more on management aspects, XP specifies ...
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What's a good notation for showing MVC interactions?
I'm developing various websites and functionality to cater to various different use-cases up in Django.
Is there a good notation for showing what behaviour is at each stage, e.g., swimlanes.
I use ...
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Web pages in UML sequence diagrams?
In my current project, we have an ongoing discussion about whether or not it's a good idea to include an artifact representing a web page in an UML sequence diagram for a web application, making ...
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How do you do to create the ViewModel part of your MVVM designs?
Sometimes, when I plan to create a program using this architectural pattern, I've got a lot of difficulties when I'm in the View Model phase.
I'm using WAF Framework to develop this architectural ...
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What are the essential things one needs to know about UML?
I want my scribbles of a program's design and behaviour to become more streamlined and have a common language with other developers.
I looked at UML and in principle it seems to be what I'm looking ...
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Drawing thread interaction
I'd like to draw (pen and pencils) threads interaction in a UML(-like) notation. I don't insist on UML, anything that is obvious to the reader should do.
I started with sequence diagrams, but I don't ...
