The Pasta Theory of Software

[furrbear]

Nearly every software professional has heard the term spaghetti code as a
pejorative description for complicated, difficult to understand, and impossible
to maintain, software.  However, many people may not know the other two
elements of the complete Pasta Theory of Software.
Lasagna code is used to describe software that has a simple, understandable,
and layered structure.  Lasagna code, although structured, is unfortunately
monolithic and not easy to modify.  An attempt to change one layer conceptually
simple, is often very difficult in actual practice.
The ideal software structure is one having components that are small and
loosely coupled; this ideal structure is called ravioli code.  In ravioli
code, each of the components, or objects, is a package containing some meat
or other nourishment for the system; any component can be modified or replaced
without significantly affecting other components.
We need to go beyond the condemnation of spaghetti code to the active
encouragement of ravioli code.
                -- Raymond J. Rubey, in a letter to the editor of Crosstalk
                   magazine

Comments

[pangolin.livejournal.com]

++ :)

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

Damn it, you're making me want to carb out big time here....

Mac 'n cheese, fettucini alfredo... hell, just spaghetti with butter and some garlic powder. ;)

[bendingthought.livejournal.com]

If I had the money, I would seriously pay so these guys could get laid weekly and they never do stuff like this.