Design Methodologies/Approaches/Techniques

[Salchester]

I am currently creating a c++ program and wish to know what design Methodologies/Approaches/Techniques could be adopted in order to assist me of its creation. I currently have the following:

• Top Down
• Bottom Up
• Data Driven
• Event Driven
• RAD

[Valmont]

- XP
- Model Driven

The latter is what I do generally.

[redhead]

What are you trying to create ?? a parser/lexer ?? I haven't discussed these things since I was involved in creating a third party programming language.
It is common that programming languages are parsed Top down The book Compilers -Principle, Techniques, and Tools by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi and Jeffrey D. Ullman, isbn: 0-201-10194-7 (The dragon book) might be a good reference, where Top down principles are explained on pages 41-48 and 181-195. Bottom up is explained on pages 293-296 and 308-311 and Data driven is explained on pages 690-694 and Event driven is explained on pages 541-554 and RAD is explained on page 387.

Another good reference would be Software Engineering by Ian Sommerville, isbn: 0-201-42765-6, where top down designs are explained on pages 212, 452-455 and Bottom up designs are explained on pages 455, 456 and 597, Data driven is explained on pages 278-280 and Event driven is explained on pages 235-238 and RAD is explained on pages 688-690

[teknomage1]

I think this is just sort of an abstract list of methodologies that could apply to any program. Is structured programming a methodology?

[Valmont]

No. It expresses the set of programming methods after the era of procedural programming (Pascal / modula / ...).

[redhead]

Like Zer0Tolerance as opposed to normal procedural programming.

[teknomage1]

How about development of a Domain Specific Language for solving the problem -> Language Driven Development?

[Salchester]

Yes, Structured Design is a methodology!
Can you think of any more?