My 8 Key Smart contract Design Techniques

Smart contract design is an essential process in smart contract implementation since it gives you a clear guide on how the smart contract will be developed, used and the way it will address the intended purpose during your development. It mainly intends to guide a developer to clearly get the main intention of the contract, the issue to address and the sectors that is intended to as well as the best practices to maintain the contract.
Certainly below are my 8 preferred techniques I select as the best ones during my building.

1. Clearly define Objectives
   Begin by clearly stating what your smart contract is supposed to do. Explain its purpose and what you expect it to achieve. Think about what it takes in, what it produces, and how it behaves.

2. Security development
   Write your contract with security in mind. Check and validate the data it receives. Control who can do what by using "require" or use custom error handling(more robust) to set rules. Protect against tricky attacks, like reusing actions before they finish.

3. Gas efficiency
   Be mindful of the cost of running your contract in terms of "gas." Minimize storage operations, which can be expensive. Use libraries and external contracts for repeating tasks. Avoid operations that could carry up high gas costs, such as long loops.

4. External integrations
   Think about how your contract will connect with other contracts or services. Make sure it can talk to them smoothly. Consider using "interfaces" or special communication tools to link up with external things.

5. Testing
   Test your contract thoroughly to make sure it works as expected. Try it out with different situations, even the unusual ones. You can use special testing software to help you do this.

6. Security review
   Have experts look at your contract to find any security problems. Get outside opinions, like from security pros or companies that do audits. Fix any issues they find, especially ones that others have had trouble with before.

7. Clear documentation
   Write down clear and detailed instructions for your contract. Explain how to use it, what it does, and how it handles problems. Make it easy for others to understand, including both users and developers. You may prepare a documentation or make a proffessional README.md in your development structure to clearly show case what your contract does so to make it is for developers who intend to use your contract.

8. Continuos monitoring
   Keep an eye on your contract all the time. Watch for anything unusual, like unexpected costs or strange behavior. Be ready to act fast if something goes wrong, and consider keeping a record of what happens in your contract for monitoring.

Conclusively, Note that the above are only used by me during my development and do not limit other developer's opinions during their own building. If there is a suggestion or consultation, please don't hesitate to reach out to me either by DM or through public comments.

Thanks,
Jonas Sebera