★Object Oriented Design Tips

Object Oriented Design Tips

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1. Stay close to problem domain
2. Object discovery vs. object invention
3. Pick nouns or noun phrases as classes
4. Method names should contain a verb
5. Prefix adjectives when naming inheriting classes
6. Do not add suffixes to class names
7. Avoid one-to-one mapping from structured design
8. Replace multiple get-set methods with operations
9. Model classes that handle messages as state machines
10. Use const whenever possible
11. Restrict header file level dependency
12. Don't reinvent the wheel; use STL