Three Flaws in Software Design - Part 2: Not Making the Code Easy to Change

In part two of the series, Jeremy Walker & Max Kanat-Alexander discuss the second Flaw of Software Design, "Not Making the Code Easy to Change," from Max's book Code Simplicity: The Fundamentals of Software.

[GoogleDevelopers]

*3 Flaws In Software Design: Part 2: Not Making the Code Easy to Change*

[KatlegoMonamodi]

So if I understand this correctly, I would say when you write code now, keep in mind that the code may be extended in the future. And the future extensions would just fit in without rewriting the entire code.

It's like making a movie with a great ending, however if movie makers decide to make a sequel, they would pick up easily from where the first one ended, and still make it good and acceptable.

[anilstech]

True! the features designed earlier have enhancements to made to same code. It is wise to expect code to easily adapt to change.

[josh]

This is my shame face.... My first apps were so hard to change that I would spend more time fixing the code I had accidentally broken than the actual updates I was trying to change

[farmerfootball]

This was a good video. 2 months without raw end-user feedback isn't good. Hope you meant 2 hours - ask your wife if you have to