Conclusions

Overview

Questions

• None

Objectives

• Summarize learning for the design module

Final takeaways

• Requirements gathering and intentional design are indispensable for sustainable software development
• Many books and online resources available for good design principles
• Research software poses additional constraints on design because of its exploratory nature
  • Scientific research software has further challenges
  • High performance computing research software has even more challenges
  • That are further exacerbated by the ubiquity of accelerators in platforms
• Separation of concerns at various granularities, and abstractions enable sustainable software design

Resources

https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13283714.v1

https://www.exascaleproject.org/event/kokkos-class-series

A Design Proposal for a Next Generation Scientific Software Framework

Software Design for Longevity with Performance Portability

Key Points

• Investing in design is critical for reliable, maintainable and extensible software