Data-oriented programming
Data-oriented programming is an approach to structuring software around data representations, access patterns, and operations suited to the data's characteristics and intended use.
Data-Oriented Programming: Reduce software complexity
A programming paradigm that organizes software around data and seeks to reduce system complexity by separating data from code and avoiding unnecessary mutation and encapsulation.
- How it is used
- Reduces system complexity and adapts behavior to changing requirements by separating data entities from stateless code modules.
- How deep it goes
- Works through architecture, data representation, permissions, database access, immutability, testing, and reproducible debugging.
- Examples
- Uses library permissions, map-based book records, relational database collections, and reproducible catalog-search debugging.
- What you can do after
- Apply it by designing stateless modules, generic records, explicit data flow, and reproducible data-driven debugging experiments.
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The Art of Code
A programming paradigm that models data as simple immutable structures and expresses behavior through standalone functions operating on that data.
- How it is used
- Centers design on explicit data so code communicates the problem and its intent clearly.
- How deep it goes
- Defines full data-oriented programming, then develops practical modeling principles rather than requiring a pure paradigm shift.
- Examples
- Contrasts an ambiguous User constructor with a PhysicalProfile using explicit weight and height types.
- What you can do after
- Evaluate/understand when explicit data carriers, local invariants, immutability, and flatter models improve clarity.
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Related concepts
- arrayuses · An array is an indexed, ordered collection of elements arranged in one or more dimensions, with elements accessed by position.
- premature optimizationcontrasts with · Premature optimization is optimizing software before evidence establishes a meaningful performance need or bottleneck that justifies the change.
- object-oriented programmingcontrasts with · Object-oriented programming is a programming paradigm that organizes software around objects combining state and behavior, commonly using encapsulation, classes, inheritance, or polymorphism.
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