What is Domain-Driven Design (DDD)?
An approach to software design that organises code around real business concepts and processes.
Why It Matters
DDD helps teams build software that closely mirrors business reality, making it easier to maintain and evolve.
Real-World Example
An e-commerce system with separate modules for Orders, Inventory, and Customers that match how the business thinks.
“Understanding terms like Domain-Driven Design (DDD) matters because it helps you have better conversations with developers and make smarter decisions about your software. You do not need to be technical. You just need to know enough to ask the right questions.”
Related Terms
Microservices
An architecture where an application is built as many small, independent services that work together
CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation)
A pattern that uses separate models for reading data and writing data.
Design Patterns
Reusable solutions to common software design problems that have been proven to work well.
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Related Terms
Microservices
An architecture where an application is built as many small, independent services that work together
CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation)
A pattern that uses separate models for reading data and writing data.
Design Patterns
Reusable solutions to common software design problems that have been proven to work well.
Monolith
An application where all features are built and deployed as a single unit
Static Site
A website with pre-built pages that are the same for every visitor
SSR (Server-Side Rendering)
Generating web pages on the server for each request, then sending complete HTML to the browser