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What is cohesion vs coupling tradeoff?

Updated May 17, 2026

Short answer

High cohesion and low coupling is ideal in OOP design.

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Cohesion focuses on internal class responsibility; coupling focuses on inter-class dependency. Balancing both improves maintainability.

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