John Maeda's Laws of Simplicity

20 Sep 2006 22:51 - (0) comments

John Maeda's latest book is about the laws of simplicity. Most of the laws can also be applied to programming.

Reduce and Organize
Make small methods and classes that only do one thing well. Refactor common code and use the appropriate libs. Keep everything DRY.

Saving in time feels like simplicity
Short iterations, continuous integration ...

Knowledge makes everthing simpler
Principle of the least suprise, use proper variable and class names.

In simplicity we trust
Simpler code has less bugs and is easier to change.

Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful
Use an programming language that express your ideas in the clearest way possible. Refactor to short clear methods that read like a DSL.