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More design patterns

Last week I had a post where I briefly described the history and basis for design patterns and then went on to look at Singletons and Factories. Today lets consider the last two of the Creational patterns, the builder and the … Continue reading

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What are design patterns?

Design patterns are elements of re-usable object oriented code that were first defined by Gamma, Helm, Johnson and Vlissides in 1995. These four authors are sometimes referred to as “the gang of four”. If you have looked at any recently … Continue reading

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