Pre-Read: Software Design Fundamentals
Required reading before starting the ADAPT module
Before diving into the Software Design Module(ADAPT), you'll explore the four fundamental principles that underlie all software design: Causality, Boundaries,Constraints, and Temporal Ordering. These principles provide a foundation for understanding why certain design patterns work and how to make better architectural decisions.
What You'll Read:
Introduction: Why Software Design Needs First Principles
Understanding the foundation beneath patterns and frameworks
Causality: The Central Principle
How clarity of cause and effect determines everything else
Boundaries: The Geometry of Software Design
How drawing lines between concerns is the primary design primitive
Constraints: Design as the Art of Limitation
How limitation creates correctness and makes systems trustworthy
Temporal Ordering: Time as Software's Hidden Dimension
How time and sequence complicate design and how to manage it
The Complete Framework
Synthesizing all four principles into a unified approach
What You'll Learn:
- •How to evaluate designs objectively using first principles
- •Why certain design patterns work and when to apply them
- •How to diagnose problems accurately in existing systems
- •A framework for making confident architectural decisions
💡 Tip: Complete the pre-reading before the module starts to get the most out of the course material.