Builder Pattern

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Strategy Pattern

2010-09-07

Software ArchitectureDesign PatternsTypesBehavioral

Design-Patterns, Tutorials

Design Patterns Overview

Definition

Adding Behavior at Runtime. Strategy pattern encapsulates Interchangeable Behaviors and Uses Delegation to Decide Which One to Use.

Design Patterns Cookbook

2010-09-07

Software ArchitectureDesign PatternsOverview

Design-Patterns, Tutorials

Even after reading the original GoF book and “Head First Design Patterns” (which is one of the best book in this field), as well as many articles, I still found it very daunting and hard to grasp the gist of each pattern and apply the most suitable one for a certain scenario. All the examples and UML diagrams do help understanding the pattern, but deep down, developers are far better at reading code; specially code snippets.

Better Naming Practices

2010-07-03

Object-Oriented DesignSoftware Craftsmanship

Clean Code, Naming Practices, Object-Oriented Design, Refactoring, Software Craftsmanship, Tutorials

Since code is read many times more than is written, then code readability becomes of extremely high importance among developers. Naming among other readability factors becomes the coder’s crucial task that needs more attention and scrutiny.