> This apporach of initially designing everyhting, trying to think of > every little detail, forecasting in the future etc. is dead in > software development. It works in some classical industries like > avionics, but in consumer electronics, forget it, you cannot build any > decent product with this classical approach.
That's not what I'm talking about. Trying to design every little detail is a sure-fire way to box yourself in. A good design avoids over-detailing, and, in fact, this is the area where I think Android is at fault. A good design is more like a Turing machine -- reasonably simple yet infinitely extensible. On May 25, 5:26 pm, Ali Chousein <ali.chous...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dan, you are looking from a very classical point of you. I mean the > following: > > 1. " how much impact these 'limiting decisions' will have in the > future..." > 2. " thanks to good initial design (or sometimes just clever > emulation), are able to advance their platforms while still > maintaining compatibility with apps that are 30 years old." > > This apporach of initially designing everyhting, trying to think of > every little detail, forecasting in the future etc. is dead in > software development. It works in some classical industries like > avionics, but in consumer electronics, forget it, you cannot build any > decent product with this classical approach. (BTW, talking of > forcasting, have you read the book 'The Black Swan'?) As others also > mentioned, agile software development is the approach of building > modern software, which can meet short time to market needs and > changing requirements. Personally I don't see why Android is not > capable of meeting changing requirements in the market. I have the > impression that you have negative opinion of Android without even > knowing much about the platform itself. Is your opinion based on hands- > on software development experience on Android, or does it come from > reading blogs (probably most of them written by foot soldiers of > "that" company)? Sorry if I'm too blunt in asking such questions but > you are talking very much in general terms without pinpointing any > real shortcoming of the platform. If you say "it doesn't have good > initial design", I would consider that as a plus instead of > shortcoming, because I have better faith in teams which work agile, > instead of waterfall. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
