What problem does it solve?
SOLID provides a concise set of design rules that reduce coupling and increase cohesion so code is easier to understand, test, and maintain over time. It helps teams avoid brittle implementations where small changes ripple across unrelated components and introduces clear criteria for when to refactor or introduce abstractions.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Single Responsibility: Keep classes and modules focused so changes affect only one reason to change.
- Open/Closed: Enable extension of behavior without modifying tested code using composition or registries.
- Liskov Substitution: Ensure subtypes preserve base-type contracts to avoid runtime surprises.
- Interface Segregation: Provide small, focused interfaces so clients depend only on needed behaviors.
- Dependency Inversion: Depend on abstractions at boundaries to make components swappable and testable.
- Use Cases: Refactoring monolithic services into smaller modules, designing plugin or exporter systems, evaluating inheritance hierarchies, and defining testable boundaries for persistence and external services.
Quick Start
Refactor a class that mixes validation, persistence, and notification by splitting those concerns into a validator, repository, and notifier and wiring them together at the boundary.