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V. SarcarDesign Patterns in C#https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3640-6_28

28. Anti-patterns

Vaskaran Sarcar1  
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Whitefield, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
 

The discussion of design patterns is not complete without talking about anti-patterns. So, this chapter gives a brief overview of them.

What Is an Anti-pattern?

In real-world application development, sometimes you will implement an approach that seems attractive at the beginning but in the long run causes problems. For example, you may choose to implement a certain technology to get a quick fix to meet a delivery deadline. But if you aren’t aware of potential pitfalls of the technology, you will pay a price for your choice.

Anti-patterns alert you to the common mistakes you ...

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