The Curmudgeoclast » design patterns http://techblog.daveastels.com This sucks, wouldn't it be cool if...? Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:38:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A great post by Ralph Johnson on what Design Patterns are & aren’t http://techblog.daveastels.com/2006/10/14/a-great-post-by-ralph-johnson-on-what-design-patterns-are-arent/ http://techblog.daveastels.com/2006/10/14/a-great-post-by-ralph-johnson-on-what-design-patterns-are-arent/#comments Sun, 15 Oct 2006 01:58:00 +0000 dastels http://techblog.daveastels.com/?p=62 misconceptions about patterns:

“I just read something called ‘Design Patterns’ aren’t by Mark Dominus.

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He says that ‘ Everyone already knows that Design Patterns means a library of C++ code templates’. Yes, some people think that. They are wrong. A design patttern is not a library of code templates in any language. If you use Design Patterns by copying code from the book then you are stupid and missing the point. The point of the book is to teach you to think. If you learn how to think about code then you will program better.”

(Via Ralph Johnson.)

Design Patterns came out over 10 years ago. What amazes me is how many “programmers” I’ve met haven’t heard of the book or the topic.

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