I've often wondered - is it the language that spawns this or the mindset of the developer (or both?)
I see this primarily in Java or .NET shops - massive layer upon layer, code generation, factories, classes, etc. - when a simple architecture would be best. Why do we get these insane things to begin with? What's going on?
It feels sort of like premature scaling (what if we have millions of programmers - we need more abstractions!) combined with misuse/misapplication of design patterns.
You'll never* see stuff like this in Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Python projects, etc. I'm curious how one goes from a simple, elegant program to over-engineered monstrosities.
I see this primarily in Java or .NET shops - massive layer upon layer, code generation, factories, classes, etc. - when a simple architecture would be best. Why do we get these insane things to begin with? What's going on?
It feels sort of like premature scaling (what if we have millions of programmers - we need more abstractions!) combined with misuse/misapplication of design patterns.
You'll never* see stuff like this in Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Python projects, etc. I'm curious how one goes from a simple, elegant program to over-engineered monstrosities.
* Hardly ever. I haven't in > 7 years.