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It's been a long time since I've interacted with a software architect. As poor as wikipedia is a source for a layman like myself, I still use it as a first step

It's been a long time since I've interacted with a software architect. As poor as wikipedia is a source for a layman like myself, I still use it as a first step to explore topics I am not familiar with. Would software architects be aware of all the various paradigms applicable within a particular language? Much like me trying to pick the right tool to complete a particular project... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_paradigm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_paradigm is there a good reason why Domain-Driven Design is not linked in the article above, or just an oversight? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-driven_design https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-driven_design

layer8 3y ago
DDD is not a programming paradigm, it’s a software design approach. You can combine DDD with various programming paradigms such as OOP and FP.
- dragonwriter 3y ago
  software design approaches are frequently closely tied to programming paradigms, and DDD (while, like Object Oriented Analysis and Design, it can be used with any paradigm) is closely associated with OOP, and at least the early writing on it (if there is any newer that this isn't true of, I haven't seen it) is very tightly coupled with OOP.
  - layer8 3y ago
    That is true to a certain extent, but that doesn’t make it a programming paradigm.
    - dragonwriter 3y ago
      Yes, it was a related observation, not a refutation.
- eliasmacpherson 3y ago
  Thanks for the clarification. So just to spell it out: Domain-driven design (nor Data-driven development per the article title, nor Data-driven design) aren't programming paradigms, they are software design approaches. Whereas Data-driven programming, as linked from the above wikipedia is infact a paradigm and something else entirely. Alright. They have 'Data-oriented' listed in the wikipedia paradigm article, but it links to 'Data-oriented design' which is clarified as a software design paradigm, as distinct from a programming paradigm.

layer8 3y ago

DDD is not a programming paradigm, it’s a software design approach. You can combine DDD with various programming paradigms such as OOP and FP.

dragonwriter 3y ago
software design approaches are frequently closely tied to programming paradigms, and DDD (while, like Object Oriented Analysis and Design, it can be used with any paradigm) is closely associated with OOP, and at least the early writing on it (if there is any newer that this isn't true of, I haven't seen it) is very tightly coupled with OOP.
- layer8 3y ago
  That is true to a certain extent, but that doesn’t make it a programming paradigm.
  - dragonwriter 3y ago
    Yes, it was a related observation, not a refutation.
eliasmacpherson 3y ago
Thanks for the clarification. So just to spell it out: Domain-driven design (nor Data-driven development per the article title, nor Data-driven design) aren't programming paradigms, they are software design approaches. Whereas Data-driven programming, as linked from the above wikipedia is infact a paradigm and something else entirely. Alright. They have 'Data-oriented' listed in the wikipedia paradigm article, but it links to 'Data-oriented design' which is clarified as a software design paradigm, as distinct from a programming paradigm.