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Everything about Extensibility

Measure of the capability and required effort to extend a given system's functionality

Extensibility is a software engineering and systems design principle that provides for future growth. Extensibility is a measure of the ability to extend a system and the level of effort required to implement the extension. Extensions can be through the addition of new functionality or through modification of existing functionality. The principle provides for enhancements without impairing existing system functions. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: ExtensibilityA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Surpassing the stiffness-extensibility trade-off of elastomers via mastering the hydrogen-bonding clustersInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Jack and JillThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: WinBUGS - A Bayesian modelling framework: Concepts, structure, and extensibilityCited 4,411 times
  5. Go sideways: Software frameworkA closely related topic
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📖 Definitions

Noun The capability of being extended. A quality of design that takes possible future advances into consideration and attempts to accommodate them.

Noun A quality of design that takes possible future advances into consideration and attempts to accommodate them.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Extensible design
  2. Importance
  3. Classification of extensibility mechanisms
  4. Extensibility vs. reusability
  5. Security

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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