What does "Simplicity" mean from an XP standpoint?
Fewer classes?
Fewer methods (consider private & public)?
Fewer LOC?
Fewer dependencies?
'Tis the gift to be simple,
'tis the gift to be free,
'tis the gift to come down
where we ought to be,
and when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gained
to bow and to bend we shan't be ashamed,
to turn, turn, will be our delight
till by turning, turning we come round right.
Related Wiki Pages:
WhatIsSimplest
DoTheSimplestThingThatCouldPossiblyWork
ExtremeProgramming
XpSimplicityRules
MinimumNumberOfClassesAndMethods
Yahoo Egroups:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/15572
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/15585
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/15903
For more XP Implementation Issues, see ExtremeProgrammingImplementationIssues