Hi, Russ, I feel better after reading your mail :) That's the way I modeled and still model things in my (long...) developer life, so I felt a bit strange after reading that discussion....
ciao giorgio On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 3:45 PM Russ Whaley <whaley.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wow, I must be missing a whole lot of context in that discussion... > (instant reaction as well, lol) > > - a product (CD, book, etc.) does not 'buy' - it can be bought, sure, but > it has no buying action. Even in another context a CD does not 'play'... > aMusicPlayer.play(aCD). > - However, a customer can 'buy' a product... > > - customer.buy(aCD) -or- > - customer.addToCart(aCD) > - customer.checkOut(aCart) > - Invoice.new(aCart), etc. > > - ... but the CD doesn't DO anything. > > - I get the idea that different products might have different behaviour > when they are 'bought' - but these are, in this example, fulfillment - not > the 'buy' action... > > - aCDstream might be set for download > - aCDphysical might be set to physically pull off a shelf and ship > - aCDcare might send an email on warranty, whatever... but let's name > it better than 'buy' :) > > Tim, thanks for the link - I'm always trying to expand my thinking about > object modeling - discovering cool ways/things others are thinking > about... Now I have to go dust off all my old POS (point of sale, not > piece of s#&t) code and see how poorly I may have modeled those > environments!! > > Thanks for the morning diversion! Cheers. > > On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 8:53 AM Esteban Maringolo <emaring...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I saw a tweet about that, and I think that the example is misleading, >> maybe intentionally so. >> >> I don't think anybody would model it that way, in any case you'd have >> aProduct.buy() or aProduct.addToCart(aCart). >> >> If you think it with the typical dog.bark() it certainly makes more sense >> than bark(dog). >> >> Regards! >> >> Esteban A. Maringolo >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 5:20 AM Tim Mackinnon <tim@testit.works> wrote: >> >>> Hi guys - someone pointed out this article from a UK colleague which >>> seems to be causing a flurry of discussion - but I always like the insights >>> of this group. I had an instant reaction when I read it - but curious what >>> people here think in 2021. >>> >>> >>> https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jasongorman_the-year-is-2021-and-people-still-think-activity-6787650079764303872-SJzz >>> >>> Tim >>> >> > > -- > Russ Whaley > whaley.r...@gmail.com >
