Chapter 2. Anti-Patterns
Here's where we start on anti-patterns; before you get your hopes up thinking I'm about to tell you something amazing that will wonderfully streamline your code without using design patterns, I won't be doing that here (did I mention I'm great at crushing hopes and dreams?). Anti-patterns are, in short, things you don't want in your code.
Speaking of crushing hopes and dreams, should you ever have a junior developer, anti-patterns are also a great way of teaching methodologies that should be equally avoided. Learning anti-patterns also can boost the effectiveness of code reviews; instead of debating code quality on the basis of personal opinions, you can have an external source to consult on code quality.
Anti-patterns constitute ...
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