Edge Cases

A Fan of Ravioli Code

Wolf Rentzsch talks to Andrew Pontious about programming pasta: disorganized “spaghetti” code, multi-layered “lasagna” code, and conceptually-separated “ravioli” code (his favorite). Bonus: new GitHub project!

Links:

• Spaghetti code « Wikipedia
• Libraries vs Collaborating Objects « Edge Cases
• Inside-Out Apps « Secure Mac Programming
• Colin Campbell tweet: “iOS architecture, where MVC stands for Massive View Controller”
• Single Responsibility Principle & iOS « The Bendyworks Blog
• Single responsibility principle « Wikipedia
• Shawna Scott tweet: “Duplication is far cheaper than wrong abstractions. We teach novices DRY without teaching them when to break that rule.”
• Writing Solid Code (Microsoft Programming Series), by Steve Maguire « Amazon.com
• Dependency Injection Demystified « James Shore
• Nicholas C. Zakas tweet: “Dependency injection, or as it’s also known, passing arguments.”
• rentzsch/hypo « GitHub
• TYPHOON - A new dependency injection container for Objective-C
• Working Effectively with Legacy Code, by Michael Feathers « Amazon.com
• The Bunnies Experiment « Brent Simmons (inessential.com)
• Don’t Let Architecture Astronauts Scare You « Joel on Software

Rejected Episode Titles:

• Pasta Programming
• A Bevy of Related Pastas
• Lasagna Code
• Shell Pasta Code
• Often Known as Onion Code
• Kind of Like a Jenga Stack
• Let’s See How Many Metaphors We Can Throw In
• Spaghetti with Meatballs
• So Maybe Like Swedish Meatballs?
• If Anybody’s Still Listening
• Macaroni Code
• Ravioli Code
• Do Their Ravioli Thing
• It’s Meatballs Through and Through
• Kitchen Countertop Programming
• The Double-Curly Technique
• Bulkheads in the Titanic
• The Rachel Ray Episode
• Changes Rippled Through Just Like a Dream
• Lost in a Sea of Ravioli
• I Had Fundamental Misunderstandings
• A Terrible, Terrible, Terrible Name
• Dependency Injection…Duh Duh Duh!
• A Twenty-Five Dollar Term for a Five-Cent Concept
• Ball of Mud View Controller
• We All Know About Asparagus