At 8:50 PM -0600 2/24/08, Larry Garfield wrote:
Design patterns are just that: A formalization of various common patterns that
come up over and over in programming. Ever get the feeling "wow, I know I've
written something kinda like this at least three times now?" That means it's
probably a design pattern of some kind.
Studying design patterns helps you recognize a give problem as being similar
to another, so the solution is probably similar. It also can alert you to
common pitfalls and common ways around them.
I've read at least a couple of books on the subject and for something
that's designed to make programming easier, I find it difficult to
implement.
I'm more like -- "I've written something like this before -- I'm
going to find my code and alter it" -- type of guy.
I'm sure it's my failing, but I program trees and not forest. From my
perspective, you plant enough trees, the forest will take care of
itself. Besides, every forest I've designed ends up a lot different
than when I started. So I focus on trees -- it's simpler for me.
I think it's good to develop a methodology so that you can reuse past
code, but the "design patterns' I've read about seem too abstract for
me.
Cheers,
tedd
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