The Single Responsibility Principle (SRP) is one of the aspects of The SOLID Principles. It states that every class or object should have one purpose, one responsibility and effectively one reason for existence. This principle is concerned mainly with … Click to read more
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The SOLID Principles
The SOLID principles are a set of 5 rules to follow for Object-Orientated Programming (OOP). These rules or principles can be used to create software that is easy to extend and maintain while avoiding code smells and allowing simple refactoring. … Click to read more
Unit and Integration Tests Explained
Unit and integration tests are two types of software level tests. Software level tests involve writing additional code to test existing code. The difference between unit and integration tests is what you would test within each individual test; how much … Click to read more
How Do You Test Software?
Testing software verifies that the software works as you expect and as you want it to function. Testing is vital to the full software developer life cycle. Without testing software you write you cannot confirm that is functions as you … Click to read more
What are Design Patterns?
A design pattern is way to lay out or organise code in a way to solve a certain problem. Design patterns are established ways in which to organise code, so it makes the code not only easier to explain to … Click to read more
What is Refactoring?
Refactoring is the process of changing code so that is functions in the same way. Refactoring is usually used to clean code up and make it more readable without effecting the functionality of the code. Testing can be used to … Click to read more