February 2013
Intermediate to advanced
362 pages
8h 16m
English
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Chapter 4. Using UMLs with Design Patterns
Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned.
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The earliest phase of social formations found in historical as well as in contemporary social structures is this: a relatively small circle firmly closed against neighboring, strange, or in some way antagonistic circles.
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Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.
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Why Unified Modeling Language (UML)?
In their book, Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, Gamma, Helm, Johnson, and Vlissides (Addison-Wesley) employ a UML that may have slight variations from 1990s era UML standards, as well as contemporary UML 2.0 standards. However, those variations are slight, and by employing the GoF version of a UML, the reader will be able to compare the design patterns using PHP in this book with the Gang of Four’s original work. So whatever arguments may exist about the best UML for programming, you will find strict consistency between the UML in this book and the original work by Gamma and his associates.
If you are not familiar with UMLs, you will need patience. As you work with design patterns, they will become clearer in the context of the design and specific usage with PHP. Because of the minimum data typing used in PHP, implementing a design directly from a UML is very difficult until you are able to make the ...
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