A Culinary Analogy

Posted by Mike on Jun 29th, 2010

We used to build software like a crappy banana split stand. Grab the banana off the shelf (which probably is about to expire), throw on ice cream, cover it in chocolate, add some cherries, whip cream, nuts, stir it up, put a spoon in it, hand it to the customer, take their money, and [...]


Python decorators, SRP, and testability

Posted by Mike on Jun 4th, 2010

On the SRP:
For those unfamiliar with the Single Responsibility Principle (SRP), it states that there should never be more than one reason for a class to change.
That is to say: do one thing, do it well.
Decorators (not to be confused with the decorator pattern) can add behaviors or side-effects to a method, and this can [...]


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