Smaller Class Sizes

We hear this a lot wrt education, but can it also help programming? I think so!

Code should be written in a way that explains what the code "should" be doing. This can only be done by continually giving the reader a summary of the operations that need to be performed. Think of each class as cheat sheet: it contains what is important to understand its behaviour. A class should not go into too much detail, but instead delegate to other classes for further details, leading to smaller classes. Every computer operation can be divided into sub operations. These sub operations may not be as important to a reader and should not distract or confuse the reader when trying to understand the purpose of the class.