35. Better Objects with Object Calisthenics
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In design, less is more. Object Calisthenics is a set of rules that serves as a shortcut to keeping your OOP designs simple and coherent. If you follow these guidelines—especially during the refactor phase of TDD—you’ll produce more maintainable code.
Chapter Goals
In this chapter, we will:
- Recap some of the challenges in object-oriented design.
- Introduce Object Calisthenics: a list of nine rules that help reduce complexity and increase clarity.
- Demonstrate each rule with examples and explanations to show how they simplify designs. …
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