An engaging, illustrated collection of insights revealing the practices and principles that expert software designers use to create great software. What makes an expert software designer? It is more than experience or innate ability. Expert software designers have specific habits, learned practices, and observed principles that they apply deliberately during their design work. This book offers sixty-six insights, distilled from years of studying experts at work, that capture what successful software designers actually do to create great software. The book presents these insights in a series of two-page illustrated spreads, with the principle and a short explanatory text on one page, and a drawing on the facing page. For example, “Experts generate alternatives” is illustrated by the same few balloons turned into a set of very different balloon animals. The text is engaging and accessible; the drawings are thought-provoking and often playful. Organized into such categories as “Experts reflect,” “Experts are not afraid,” and “Experts break the rules,” the insights range from “Experts prefer simple solutions” to “Experts see error as opportunity.” Readers learn that “Experts involve the user”; “Experts take inspiration from wherever they can”; “Experts design throughout the creation of software”; and “Experts draw the problem as much as they draw the solution.” One habit for an aspiring expert software designer to develop would be to read and reread this entertaining but essential little book. The insights described offer a guide for the novice or a reference for the veteran—in software design or any design profession. A companion web site provides an annotated bibliography that compiles key underpinning literature, the opportunity to suggest additional insights, and more.

An engaging, illustrated collection of insights revealing the practices and principles that expert software designers use to create great software. What makes an expert software designer? It is more than experience or innate ability. Expert software designers have specific habits, learned practices, and observed principles that they apply deliberately during their design work. This book offers sixty-six insights, distilled from years of studying experts at work, that capture what successful software designers actually do to create great software. The book presents these insights in a series of two-page illustrated spreads, with the principle and a short explanatory text on one page, and a drawing on the facing page. For example, “Experts generate alternatives” is illustrated by the same few balloons turned into a set of very different balloon animals. The text is engaging and accessible; the drawings are thought-provoking and often playful. Organized into such categories as “Experts reflect,” “Experts are not afraid,” and “Experts break the rules,” the insights range from “Experts prefer simple solutions” to “Experts see error as opportunity.” Readers learn that “Experts involve the user”; “Experts take inspiration from wherever they can”; “Experts design throughout the creation of software”; and “Experts draw the problem as much as they draw the solution.” One habit for an aspiring expert software designer to develop would be to read and reread this entertaining but essential little book. The insights described offer a guide for the novice or a reference for the veteran—in software design or any design profession. A companion web site provides an annotated bibliography that compiles key underpinning literature, the opportunity to suggest additional insights, and more.

An engaging, illustrated collection of insights revealing the practices and principles that expert software designers use to create great software. What makes an expert software designer? It is more than experience or innate ability. Expert software designers have specific habits, learned practices, and observed principles that they apply deliberately during their design work. This book offers sixty-six insights, distilled from years of studying experts at work, that capture what successful software designers actually do to create great software. The book presents these insights in a series of two-page illustrated spreads, with the principle and a short explanatory text on one page, and a drawing on the facing page. For example, “Experts generate alternatives” is illustrated by the same few balloons turned into a set of very different balloon animals. The text is engaging and accessible; the drawings are thought-provoking and often playful. Organized into such categories as “Experts reflect,” “Experts are not afraid,” and “Experts break the rules,” the insights range from “Experts prefer simple solutions” to “Experts see error as opportunity.” Readers learn that “Experts involve the user”; “Experts take inspiration from wherever they can”; “Experts design throughout the creation of software”; and “Experts draw the problem as much as they draw the solution.” One habit for an aspiring expert software designer to develop would be to read and reread this entertaining but essential little book. The insights described offer a guide for the novice or a reference for the veteran—in software design or any design profession. A companion web site provides an annotated bibliography that compiles key underpinning literature, the opportunity to suggest additional insights, and more.

It is a pleasure to welcome you to the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Design Industries and Creative Culture (Design Decoded 2021) which has been organised by the College of Creative Arts (previously renown as Faculty of Art & Design), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah Branch. Design Decoded 2021 analysed and discussed how art, design and education may have an influence, create a societal difference, and contribute to the economy, as well as how we think, live, work and learn. The main topic of this proceeding was “Decrypt Your Visual Creativity” which consisted of 65 articles about design thinking, interior design, art and design management, industrial design, education in design creativity and innovation, sustainable art and design, visual communication, new media, graphic and digital media, visual culture, design practice, art history, art and creative community, and methodology in design creativity. We are truly thanking you to our four keynote speakers Emeritus Prof. Dr. T.W. Allan Whitfield, Prof. Dr. Khairul Aidil Azlin Abdul Rahman, Dr. Nurul ‘Ayn Ahmad Sayuti and Mr. Firdaus Khalid for their constant support and guidance. Finally, we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all colleagues in the steering and organising committee for their cooperation in administering and organising the conference, as well as reviewers for their intellectual effort and dedication to reviewing papers.

An approach to software design that introduces a fully automated analysis giving designers immediate feedback, now featuring the latest version of the Alloy language. In Software Abstractions Daniel Jackson introduces an approach to software design that draws on traditional formal methods but exploits automated tools to find flaws as early as possible. This approach—which Jackson calls “lightweight formal methods” or “agile modeling”—takes from formal specification the idea of a precise and expressive notation based on a tiny core of simple and robust concepts but replaces conventional analysis based on theorem proving with a fully automated analysis that gives designers immediate feedback. Jackson has developed Alloy, a language that captures the essence of software abstractions simply and succinctly, using a minimal toolkit of mathematical notions. This revised edition updates the text, examples, and appendixes to be fully compatible with Alloy 4.

A spiritual guide on how to use the powers of numerology to better understand yourself and your life more fully—from your purpose and goals to your talents and karmic patterns. Spiritual seekers are feeling an increasingly strong urge from within to connect with and manifest their life purpose. They are seeking out tools and knowledge to awaken to this purpose and are doing whatever it takes to achieve this. A soul contract reading is an accurate, in depth, channeled system of spiritual interpretation that will empower you by decoding the secrets of the blueprint of your life hidden within your birth name. It is based on an ancient system of numerology that uses Hebrew glyphs, revealing the true essence of the reader’s life purpose as well as their karma, talents, and goals. This will show you the karmic patterns you face, the talents you can use to overcome them, the goals you are trying to achieve, and your soul destiny. This book will enable you to discover why you are in the perfect place in your life—and will empower you to move forward from there. Your Soul Contract will place your entire life in context, enabling you to navigate your life properly for the first time.

Software Design: Creating Solutions for Ill-Structured Problems, Third Edition provides a balanced view of the many and varied software design practices used by practitioners. The book provides a general overview of software design within the context of software development and as a means of addressing ill-structured problems. The third edition has been expanded and reorganised to focus on the structure and process aspects of software design, including architectural issues, as well as design notations and models. It also describes a variety of different ways of creating design solutions such as plan-driven development, agile approaches, patterns, product lines, and other forms. Features •Includes an overview and review of representation forms used for modelling design solutions •Provides a concise review of design practices and how these relate to ideas about software architecture •Uses an evidence-informed basis for discussing design concepts and when their use is appropriate This book is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students taking courses on software engineering and software design, as well as for software engineers. Author David Budgen is a professor emeritus of software engineering at Durham University. His research interests include evidence-based software engineering (EBSE), software design, and healthcare informatics.