Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design, Second Edition

Chapter 5. An Introduction to Design Patterns

Overview

In this chapter

This chapter introduces the concept of design patterns.

This chapter

•   Discusses the origins of design patterns in architecture and how they apply in the discipline of software design.

•   Examines the motivations for studying design patterns.

Design patterns and object-oriented design reinforce each other

Design patterns are part of the cutting edge of object-oriented technology. Object-oriented analysis tools, books, and seminars are incorporating design patterns. Study groups on design patterns abound. It is often suggested that people learn design patterns only after they have mastered basic object-oriented skills. I have found that the opposite is true: ...