Comments on: Components vs Services http://sdk.org.nz/2009/04/06/components-vs-services/ Software Developers (K)ollaborative Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:40:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: timsuth http://sdk.org.nz/2009/04/06/components-vs-services/comment-page-1/#comment-13 timsuth Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:54:55 +0000 http://devtim.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-13 Something else I've been thinking about. It's easier to write code than read code. When you start a new project it's easier (and better?) to start out with a simplified model, and to evolve it into a more complex system later. This makes it difficult to re-use code that's already at the more complex level. Instead of encouraging re-use, should we be writing software so it's easy to re-write parts of it? So that when we're designing independent components we're really thinking of how to make it easier for someone to rip out and replace part of the system without them having to understand everything that's going on. Something else I’ve been thinking about. It’s easier to write code than read code. When you start a new project it’s easier (and better?) to start out with a simplified model, and to evolve it into a more complex system later. This makes it difficult to re-use code that’s already at the more complex level.

Instead of encouraging re-use, should we be writing software so it’s easy to re-write parts of it? So that when we’re designing independent components we’re really thinking of how to make it easier for someone to rip out and replace part of the system without them having to understand everything that’s going on.

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