The document discusses the SOLID principles of object-oriented design, which are a set of five design principles aimed at making software designs more understandable, flexible and maintainable. It defines each principle - Single Responsibility Principle (SRP), Open-Closed Principle (OCP), Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP), Interface Segregation Principle (ISP), and Dependency Inversion Principle (DIP). For each principle, it provides an example of how to apply the principle correctly and how to avoid violating it. The document emphasizes that following these principles helps produce code that is easier to maintain and extend over time.