(I meant lingua franca ... getting my Latin mixed up... mea maximus culpa**)
another though - get Robin Hilliard to present at your local user
group. He's got a couple of presentations now on OO stuff (inc
CFInterface). what with a bit of a read of the book Andrew suggested
and hearing Robin going on about "Gold code" and "disposable code" and
MVC and whatnot, it'll all start making sense soon enough
** "my bad"
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Barry Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Best book ever.
>>
>> Head First: Design Patterns
>
> seconded.
>
> but be careful, many people have made the mistake to throw as many
> patterns at a project as possible.
>
> all patterns do is give you a Linga Franks (common language) to
> communicate various common/frequent problems and some possible
> answers. the whole reason is to identify something that's been seen
> before to then find a solution.
>
> Think of it as a dictionary of ideas where people having similar
> experiences can communicate.
>
> favourites?
> singleton ("there can be only one" .. oops, that's Highlander)
> Factory classes, factory methods: (the cookie cutter)
> adapter pattern (cheap converter code that can fit between two API's
> without needing to change the API's)
>
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