Software development teams, with projects ranging from deployment of a cloud-based CRM to modernizing an invoice processing application, can be overwhelmed with not only the enormity of their tasks but the clamoring coming from department heads, all thinking their project is the most critical.
Technical debt is the costs and problems that occur when software is deployed with a quick-fix mentality without a strategic long-term plan in mind or because cost or speed was selected over quality. The end result is what is known in the industry as" Fowler noted that building software can be quite uncertain and changing. Customers are never really sure what they need in their software or how it will be received by customers. It needs to be adaptable without having to bulldoze the whole building whenever changes have to be made. Object-oriented design can more easily enable developers to keep software current.
It's important, therefore, for universities to expose students to object-oriented programming and for software firms to hire developers who are trained in it. While it may require more upfront time, it enables them to break the program into bite-sized parts that can be tackled one object at a time to enable higher-quality software, reduced maintenance costs and more productive developers.The best way to remove cruft in software projects is to avoid it in the first place.