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Michele Fadda
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Michele is currently working as a technical project and program manager at Eggon, an innovative startup in Padua, Italy, and as the director of FWLAB Limited, a UK App development studio. He specializes in skills such as Imperative Programming, Functional programming, Swift, Mobile Application Development. He started programming as a child with Assembly language and has worked for 20 years as a consultant using a variety of languages and technologies. He started developing for iOS with iOS on iOS v.3.0 in 2009. He has also developed many apps as a solo developer and has also participated in numerous projects.
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Keeping it light enough

In this section, we will discuss the design part of software. We don’t take the view that you should design everything from the start, with a “grand plan” that encompasses everything. That approach is often called waterfall, or upfront architecture. However, I don’t subscribe that you should go completely free-range and start with no intentional initial design either.

Take, for example, starting a journey with just a map, a backpack with some spare light clothes, and enough money. It helps if you have a plan, research the country you want to visit first, and know at least a bit of the language. Also, you may have “rules” you want to follow in order to maximize some criteria, such as your gastronomic preferences, sunshine intake, and having abundant sunscreen oil in order to avoid sunburn.

When it comes to software architecture, the goal is not to begin with a completely blank slate. Instead, you aim to have the...

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Michele Fadda

Michele is currently working as a technical project and program manager at Eggon, an innovative startup in Padua, Italy, and as the director of FWLAB Limited, a UK App development studio. He specializes in skills such as Imperative Programming, Functional programming, Swift, Mobile Application Development. He started programming as a child with Assembly language and has worked for 20 years as a consultant using a variety of languages and technologies. He started developing for iOS with iOS on iOS v.3.0 in 2009. He has also developed many apps as a solo developer and has also participated in numerous projects.
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