Reading Map¶

The course is intentionally multi-source. No single book covers both classical patterns and modern automated design.

Course segment	Primary reading role
Design principles	classic modularity, OO design, SOLID/GRASP, dependency reasoning
Architecture	views, styles, tactics, boundaries, enterprise patterns
Design patterns	GoF patterns plus pattern-language thinking
Anti-patterns & smells	design degradation, technical debt, detection caveats
Refactoring	Fowler-style safe transformations, legacy seams, refactoring to patterns
Automation	program analysis, search-based SE, pattern/smell detection, transformation
Research methods	empirical evaluation, reproducibility, threats to validity

Reading modes¶

Every reading is assigned one of four modes:

Foundation — know the concept and vocabulary.
Pattern — understand context, forces, structure, consequences, and known uses.
Research — identify research question, method, dataset, baselines, and threats.
Replication — understand enough implementation detail to reproduce a meaningful subset.