1. Foundations of Design Patterns
Design patterns are reusable solutions to problems that recur again and again in software design. Rather than being finished code that can be dropped into a project, patterns are t...
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Design patterns are reusable solutions to problems that recur again and again in software design. Rather than being finished code that can be dropped into a project, patterns are t...
Read full chapter →Creational patterns focus on how objects are created, aiming to make instantiation flexible, decoupled, and appropriate to the situation. The Singleton pattern ensures that a class...
Read full chapter →Structural patterns describe how to assemble classes and objects into larger structures while keeping those structures flexible and efficient. The Adapter pattern converts the inte...
Read full chapter →Behavioral patterns are concerned with how objects communicate and how responsibilities are distributed among them. The Observer pattern defines a one-to-many dependency between ob...
Read full chapter →The SOLID principles are five guidelines that help developers build object-oriented systems that are maintainable, flexible, testable, and resistant to gradual decay. The Single Re...
Read full chapter →Several broader design principles complement the individual patterns and the SOLID guidelines. Composition over Inheritance favors assembling objects through has-a relationships ra...
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