Oct 14 2006
A great post by Ralph Johnson on what Design Patterns are & aren’t
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.
Tags: code patterns