Name the Concept

Kind: technique

Layer: Structural Core

Record: lexicon:name-the-concept

Canonical: Lexicon

A technique for giving a recurring group of values or steps a name in the domain language and one home in the code.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Undo/Redo and before Name Constant.

Category

• Core Vocabulary

Refactors

• Data Clumps
• Boolean Trap
• Magic Value
• Pattern Cargo Cult
• Utility Dump
• Semantic Contracts
• Domain Events
• Normalization
• Semantic Consistency
• Ubiquitous Language
• Intent-Revealing Interface
• Principle of Least Surprise

Linked from

• Anti-patterns
• Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility
• Event / Messaging / Asynchronous Architecture
• Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics