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Refactoring from Anemic Domain Model Towards a Rich One

Building bullet-proof business line applications is a complex task. This course will teach you an in-depth guideline into refactoring from Anemic Domain Model into a rich, highly encapsulated one.

Vladimir Khorikov - Pluralsight course - Refactoring from Anemic Domain Model Towards a Rich One
by Vladimir Khorikov
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What you'll learn

Having a rich, highly encapsulated domain model is essential if you want to succeed in building building bullet-proof business line applications. In this course, Refactoring from Anemic Domain Model Towards a Rich One, is going to show you how to properly implement it. First, you'll cover why Anemic domain is an anti-pattern and its relationship to functional programming. Next, you'll learn about encapsulation and how to achieve it in your domain model. Finally, you'll touch on some important refactoring techniques. By the end of this course, you'll understand practical techniques that will help you recognize this anti-pattern in your code base and refactor it into a bullet-proof one.

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Vladimir Khorikov - Pluralsight course - Refactoring from Anemic Domain Model Towards a Rich One
Vladimir Khorikov

Vladimir Khorikov is a Microsoft MVP and has been professionally involved in software development for more than 10 years.

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