Software Design Principles
Intermediate level
Recommended experience
Flexible schedule
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What you'll learn
Apply layered, distributed, interactive, and adaptable styles to build scalable solutions.
Use abstraction, inheritance, polymorphism, and proven design patterns for flexible, reusable code.
Apply aspect-oriented, service-oriented, event-driven, and MVC architectures for modern applications.
Distinguish high-level vs. detailed design, applying refactoring for maintainability and quality.
Skills you'll gain
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Taught in English
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