Software Design Courses

NDC Conferences

Balancing Coupling in Software Design

Explore coupling in software design as a tool for creating evolvable systems. Learn to evaluate and optimize architectural decisions using a coherent model for assessing system decomposition.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Tech with Tim

Master These 3 Software Design Principles

Master three essential software design principles: Single Responsibility, Open/Closed, and Dependency Inversion to improve your code architecture and maintainability.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Empirical Software Design - When and Why

Discover how to resolve the tradeoff between short-term progress and long-term flexibility in software design through data-driven approaches and optimal timing of design decisions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Devoxx

Effective Software Design: The Role of Men in Debugging Patriarchy in IT

Explore how patriarchy impacts software design and learn practical steps to create inclusive environments through Process Work and Deep Democracy, fostering diverse perspectives for better solutions.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NDC Conferences

Design Engineering: The Next Era of Software Design

Explore the evolution of design and programming roles with Diana Mounter as she shares insights from leading GitHub's design team and discusses how AI is reshaping the boundaries between design and engineering.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

GOTO Conferences

Tidy First? A Daily Exercise in Empirical Software Design

Delve into software design principles and economics with XP creator Kent Beck, exploring coupling, cohesion, and strategic approaches to code maintenance while understanding the true cost of large-scale changes.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

GOTO Conferences

Monolith vs Microservices: Architectural Trade-offs in Software Design

Explore the trade-offs between monolithic and microservices architectures from a Continuous Delivery perspective. Learn key considerations for effective software design and architecture.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NDC Conferences

Tidy First? A Daily Exercise in Empirical Software Design

Discover practical insights into software design relationships, exploring coupling, cohesion, and strategic investment timing through empirical approaches to daily programming challenges.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

GOTO Conferences

Communicating in Types - Modern Type Systems for Software Design

Explore modern type systems as powerful design languages that express ideas, solve problems, and reveal refactoring opportunities. Learn to communicate clearly through types with examples in Elm and other languages.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

All Things Open

From Agent Soup to Proper Software Design - Mellea Puts Developers Back in Control

Discover how Mellea library transforms generative AI development by giving developers control over unpredictable LLM outputs through proper software design principles.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NDC Conferences

Design Engineering - The Next Era of Software Design

Explore the evolving intersection of design and engineering in the AI era, examining how hybrid designer-developer roles are reshaping software design's future.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Open Compute Project

Sustainable Software Design - Addressing Bloat and Frameworks with Resource Proportional Design

Discover sustainable software design techniques to reduce environmental impact through resource-proportional approaches, addressing bloat and framework inefficiencies.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

DEFCONConference

Embedded System Design vs Traditional Software Design

Explore how embedded system design differs from traditional software development, covering bare-metal programming, communication protocols, and hardware debugging techniques.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

GOTO Conferences

Software Design, Architecture and Giving Clarity at Scale

Explore software design fundamentals, architecture communication, and decision records with industry experts discussing clarity at organizational scale.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Foundations of Software Testing and Validation

45 ratings

Gain comprehensive understanding of software testing techniques, design effective test cases, and ensure quality through rigorous validation processes in this industry-focused program.

• Coursera
• 6 hours 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course