software design
Program structure planning
Software design is the process of planning how a program or system will be structured before writing code.
It involves decisions about architecture, data organization, user interfaces, and how components interact.
Good software design balances functionality, maintainability, and performance: The software design phase took three months before coding began.
The term also refers to the resulting blueprint itself.
- system architectureOrganized structure of components
- reusabilityCapacity for repeated application
- modularityDivisibility into independent units
- decoratorOne who adorns interiors
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
cohesion · encapsulation · coupling · clean code · observer · singleton · adapter · prototyping · strategy · scalability · agile development · maintainability · composite · wireframes · user experience · proxy · facade · interfaces
- computingcomputer, computers, hardware, code, coding
- softwareapp, apps, application, program, programs
- technical skillscoding, programming, data entry, debugging, web development
- designfunctionality, emphasis, unity, typography, logos
software designcoding
Writing software instructions
programming · machine code · development · memory management
software designsoftware maintenance
Post-release code care
coding · software testing · debugging · software deployment · programming
software designcircuit design
Planning electronic component arrangements
chip design · mechanical design · electrical engineering · industrial design · structural engineering