Regular readers of gridshore know that Allard and I have attended a training on DDD (Domain Driven Design) and that we have started a user group for DDD in the Netherlands. Allard is using DDD for a project @ JTeam and he is starting to use it for a second project at JTeam as well. I am starting to use it on a few new initiatives and I am refactoring my old backoffice application to make it ready for a new version based on the DDD principles.
A lot of activity in the DDD area, and a lot of discussions with colleagues and other interested people about DDD. The biggest question is of course WHY?. There is not a very simple answer to this question. Ok, maybe one: Why not?. But that is to easy and not very convincing. A lot of arguments against DDD are coming from people talking about implementation problems. This blog post is focussing on those people. Not that others should not read it, but I am writing this post with those people in my mind.
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