Balancing Coupling in Software Design

In this definitive guide, Vlad Khononov introduces a novel approach to designing modular software systems that turns coupling into a powerful design tool. Software, like all systems, is composed of components that interact to form the system itself. Coupling is the metric used to represent the interdependence between connected components, and the magnitude of coupling ultimately affects the adaptability and success of the software system. Balancing Coupling in Software Design surveys existing methods of evaluating coupling and combines them into a comprehensive model for making design decisions that manage complexity while increasing the modularity of your software system. Understand coupling and the ways it manifests itself in software design; evaluate the multi-dimensional forces of coupling; understand how the dimensions of coupling interact to impact your system; and steer your systems away from complexity and toward modularity.