Ask HN: CS papers for software architecture and design?

Re:Ask HN: CS papers for software architecture and design? by fabuzaid on Saturday November 25, 2017 @10:39AM (#15776347)

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the David Parnas papers: "On the Criteria To Be Used in Decomposing Systems into Modules" is an all-time classic [1]. Much more philosophical than most of the suggestions here so far, but this paper really drove home to me the importance of abstraction in software design. (Also covered in the Morning Paper [2].)

[1] https://www.cs.umd.edu/class/spring2003/cmsc838p/Design/crit.... [2] https://blog.acolyer.org/2016/09/05/on-the-criteria-to-be-us...

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Re:Ask HN: CS papers for software architecture and design? by jonjacky on Saturday November 25, 2017 @01:28PM (#15777140)

An excellent textbook that teaches Parnas' approach is "Software Engineering: Planning for Change" by David Alex Lamb. The chapter Detailed Design is especially pertinent to this thread. The book is from 1988. I once wrote the author to ask if there would be another edition. He replied, "publishers aren't interested because it isn't object oriented". In fact, its lessons are as relevant to object-oriented programs as any others.

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Re:Ask HN: CS papers for software architecture and design? by jonjacky on Saturday November 25, 2017 @01:19PM (#15777102)

Another excellent Parnas paper: "A Rational Design Process: How and Why to Fake It"

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