Chapter 5: Over Simplification

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When designing objects and interfaces, it is important to keep the design and implementation simple in order to maximize readability, usability, and maintainability. However, the goal of minimizing the complexity of the implementation can go too far, making the implementation essentially useless. Over Simplification comes from a desire to follow proper design techniques, but the programmer takes the wrong approach to this goal. Let us take a closer look at how to spot code that is too simple for the requirements placed upon it.

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