Articles

Breaking the Last Dependency
All of the factory patterns "encapsulate" the instantiation of concrete classes and help to minimize (as well as localize) the dependencies your code has on those concrete classes. This articles explains what "breaking the last dependency" means, how it relates to the Factory pattern, and why you should care. Apr. 14, 2005

Holiday Party Guide to Patterns
A survey of some of the Gang of Four design patterns: Composite, Singleton, Factory, Adapter, Decorator, Facade, and MVC. Dec. 23, 2004

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Design Patterns 10th Anniversary: This month is the ten-year anniversary of the publication of Design Patterns, by Gamma, Helm, Johnson and Vlissides. I'm proud to announce that ten years after the publication of this important book, I've co-authored my own book on design patterns, Head First Design Patterns, now available from O'Reilly and Associates.
Posted by bethfreeman on October 27, 2004 at 10:48 PST | Permalink | Discuss (3)