When discussing which patterns to drop, we found that we still love them all. (Not reallyâIâm in favor of dropping Singleton. Its use is almost always a design smell.)
âErich Gamma
The Singleton is the most hated design pattern in the (rather limited) history of design patterns. That said, however, it doesnât mean you shouldnât use the Singleton: a toilet brush is not the most pleasant device either, but sometimes it is simply necessary.
The Singleton design pattern grew out of a very simple idea that you should only have one instance of a particular component ...
