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Revision as of 09:39, 2 July 2014
Jim Gettys Principles
While developing the X-Window System Jim coined these principles, that will suit many other projects:
1. Do not add new functionality unless an implementor cannot complete a real application without it.
2. It is as important to decide what a system is not as to decide what it is. Do not serve all the world's needs; rather, make the system extensible so that additional needs can be met in an upwardly compatible fashion.
3. The only thing worse than generalizing from one example is generalizing from no examples at all.
4. If a problem is not completely understood, it is probably best to provide no solution at all.
5. If you can get 90 percent of the desired effect for 10 percent of the work, use the simpler solution.
6. Isolate complexity as much as possible.
7. Provide mechanism, rather than policy. In particular, place user interface policy in the client's hands.
Unknown
An idea is not a mockup
A mockup is not a prototype
A prototype is not a program
A program is not a product
A product is not a business
