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

Part III Design Patterns

Part Overview

In this part

This part introduces design patterns: what they are and how to use them. Several patterns pertinent to the CAD/CAM problem (Chapter 3, “A Problem That Cries Out for Flexible Code”) are described. They are presented individually and then related to the earlier problem. Throughout the pattern-learning chapters, I emphasize the object-oriented strategies espoused by the Gang of Four (as the authors Gamma, Helm, Johnson, and Vlissides are often referred to) in their seminal work, Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software.

Objectives

At the end of this section, you ...