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Clear software boundaries keep responsibilities and dependencies together
The guide frames a boundary as a way to keep responsibilities, rules, and the details needed to apply them together behind a clear interface. That framing can help engineers decide how to divide complex systems into components.
- What
- A software boundary groups an application’s responsibilities, rules, and the details needed to apply those rules.
- How
- Parts outside a boundary interact with what is inside only through a clear pathway; setting boundaries means deciding which responsibilities and dependencies belong together.
- Why it matters
- Clear boundaries help engineers divide growing systems while controlling responsibilities and dependencies.
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