On 18 Oct 2007, at 21:40, Russell Wilson wrote: > I wrote a post on my blog recently about software design which > proposed > calling front-end design "interaction design" and back-end design > "functional > design" -- > http://www.dexodesign.com/2007/10/what-do-we-mean-by-software- > design.html
I find the idea of there being a sharp divide between the two disturbing... [snip] > Has anyone come across "functional design" as a term? I thought it > made > sense for back-end design. [snip] It may be a little confusing in the SW dev world since "functional" is also a style of software development (you can say "functional programming" in the same way you can say "object oriented programming"). It also has a slightly lesser known meaning in software development as a design methodology <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_design> Adrian ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
