The document discusses the SOLID principles of object-oriented design, which are a set of five design principles intended to make software designs more understandable, flexible, and maintainable. It defines each principle - Single Responsibility, Open/Closed, Liskov Substitution, Interface Segregation, and Dependency Inversion - and provides an example to illustrate each one. The principles aim to reduce dependencies between software modules, improve code quality, and enable independent development. Following the SOLID principles leads to code that is easier to read, maintain and test.