List of software development philosophies

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This is an incomplete list of approaches, styles, or philosophies in software development.

• Agile software development
• Agile Unified Process (AUP)
• Open Unified Process
• Cathedral and the Bazaar, Open source
• Code and Fix
• Constructionist design methodology (CDM)
• Cowboy coding
• Design-driven development (D3)
• Don't repeat yourself (DRY) or Once and Only Once (O3)
• Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)
• Extreme Programming (XP)
• Iterative and incremental development
• KISS principle (Keep It Simple, Stupid)
• MIT approach, see Worse is better
• Quick-and-dirty
• Rational Unified Process (RUP)
• Scrum (management)
• Software System Safety
• Spiral model
• Test-driven development (TDD)
• Unified Process
• Waterfall model
• Worse is better (New Jersey style)
• You Ain't Gonna Need It (YAGNI)

[edit] See also

• The Elements of Programming Style
• Code Complete
• Methodology (software engineering)
• Programming paradigm
• Design pattern (computer science), Anti-pattern, Category:Software design patterns
• Category:Programming paradigms
• Software development process