Real-World Implementation of C# Design Patterns

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Wrangling Problem Code by Applying Behavioral Patterns

Do you want to have some fun that doesn’t involve code for once? Next time you find yourself in a tall building with an elevator, get with three or four friends and ride to the top floor. Here’s the fun part: have everyone in your group face the back of the elevator. As other people get on the elevator, they will almost always follow your lead and face the rear. This is because human behavior follows patterns! There are entire fields of study devoted to this fact, including psychology, sociology, and the applied fields of marketing and human relations.

Software is a human invention, so it should come as no surprise that software can be made to follow behavioral patterns too. Behavioral ...