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I say that DDD sounds nice in principle, and in blog posts, and in books, but I have yet to see that magical fairy land be implemented in the real world. Aggre

• ap22213 12y ago
  Well, I for one, have used it successfully four times (and no failures yet!). From my experience, if I focus on the domain, and play around with it for a while, I will start to see a structure behind it (different from a relational structure). And, I've found that if I structure it correctly, the aggregates sort of just fall out. I agree with you to be wary of book authors' ideas. However, the paradigm that Eric Evans documented was truly useful to me. But, I also think that the book he wrote on the topic was a hard trod, overly abstract, and didn't make much sense at first. I mean, it sort of made sense in theory. But, it wasn't until I tried it out on particular projects that I saw its usefulness. I wouldn't recommend trying it out on a brand new project. But, instead, take an existing project, fork it, and try to apply it. At least you'll get a better understanding if it can and will work for you, or not. DDD helps me to not go insane. But, on the other hand, I've had to listen to quite a few complaints from my team, who usually want to see something more procedural.