Mastering Python Design Patterns - Third Edition

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Creational Design Patterns

Design patterns are reusable programming solutions that have been used in various real-world contexts and have proved to produce expected results. They are shared among programmers and continue to be improved over time. This topic is popular thanks to the book by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides, titled Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software.

Here is a quote about design patterns from the Gang of Four book:

A design pattern systematically names, motivates, and explains a general design that addresses a recurring design problem in object-oriented systems. It describes the problem, the solution, when to apply the solution, and its consequences. It also gives implementation ...