benjaminsampica/designpatterns

Goal of Patterns:

• Shared vocabulary with concrete qualities, characteristics, and constraints that the pattern represents.
• Say more with less.
• Reduce misunderstanding.
• Stay in design lingo longer - don't need to dive down in the nitty-gritty if there is a shared understanding of the pattern.
• Encourage more junior developers to be motivated to learn patterns.

Don't get pattern fever - apply them when they will actually save you time. Consider the points above as well when considering time - not just raw development time.

Conventions:

• End the classes containing the pattern with the pattern name i.e. SwimStrategy.

These patterns were lifted from Head First Design Patterns by Eric Freeman and Elizabeth Robson