Christoph reviewed Domain-driven design by Eric Evans
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5 stars
After I've read so many other books about domain-driven design I finally read this one. I must admit this should have been my first book about this topic, so could have avoided lots of the confusion what this is all about.
Evans is a great writer and really manages to find examples and war stories from his previous projects to demonstrate what he is talking about. Lots of the examples are really on point - besides the one about loan, it took me forever to understand this domain though.
In comparison too many other books about DDD this one is really dedicated about the design aspect of code and not just how to use specific building blocks.
For me the absolute highlights were the example with the poem about the elephant and the blind men AND the conclusion. Somehow I'd like to just print passages from it and nail it …
After I've read so many other books about domain-driven design I finally read this one. I must admit this should have been my first book about this topic, so could have avoided lots of the confusion what this is all about.
Evans is a great writer and really manages to find examples and war stories from his previous projects to demonstrate what he is talking about. Lots of the examples are really on point - besides the one about loan, it took me forever to understand this domain though.
In comparison too many other books about DDD this one is really dedicated about the design aspect of code and not just how to use specific building blocks.
For me the absolute highlights were the example with the poem about the elephant and the blind men AND the conclusion. Somehow I'd like to just print passages from it and nail it to the front door of my current customer.