Axis of beauty

Whilst beaty must be holistic, it must operate across different axis. For software these might include:

• Representation
• Textual, how is the text laid out on the page?
• Graphical, do the graphical representations hold any aesthetic merit?
• Dynamics
• The way the program executes, its flow of control.
• The way the software is updated as function or added, do new pieces slide into place simply?
• Structure
• Of the syntax tree.
• Of the data structures.
• Solution
• How elegant is the solution?
• How well does it balance the competing constraints?
• Output
• How attractive is the output from the software?