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SOLID Principles of Object Oriented Design

by Steve Smith

This course introduces foundational principles of creating well-crafted code and is appropriate for anyone hoping to improve as a developer

What you'll learn

The SOLID principles are fundamental to designing effective, maintainable, object-oriented systems. Whether you've only just begun writing software or have been doing so for years, these principles, when used appropriately, can improve the encapsulation and coupling of your application, making it more malleable and testable in the face of changing requirements.

Table of contents

The Single Responsibility Principle
12mins
The Open / Closed Principle
28mins
The Liskov Substitution Principle
22mins
The Interface Segregation Principle
24mins
The Dependency Inversion Principle
42mins
The Dependency Inversion Principle, Part 2
27mins
The Don't Repeat Yourself Principle, Part 1
33mins
The Don't Repeat Yourself Principle, Part 2
31mins
The Don't Repeat Yourself Principle, Part 3
30mins

About the author

Steve Smith

Steve Smith (@ardalis) is an entrepreneur and software developer with a passion for building quality software as effectively as possible. He provides mentoring and training workshops for teams with the desire to improve. Steve has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for over 10 consecutive years, and is a frequent speaker at software developer conferences and events. He is the top contributor to the official documentation on ASP.NET Core and enjoys helpings others write maintainable, testable app... more

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