On Saturday 23 February 2008, carlos wrote: > skylark wrote: > > Design patterns are really hot today. > > And I am really interested when and how often they are used. > > > > It is said that 99% of the projects don't need them. > > Design patterns are used to solve common problems to in OOP programming. > > If you use OOP, chances are you have used a design pattern without even > being aware of it. Untrue. Design patterns are not OOP-specific, although they are frequently discussed in OOP terms. Design patterns are just that: A formalization of various common patterns that come up over and over in programming. Ever get the feeling "wow, I know I've written something kinda like this at least three times now?" That means it's probably a design pattern of some kind. Studying design patterns helps you recognize a give problem as being similar to another, so the solution is probably similar. It also can alert you to common pitfalls and common ways around them. -- Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ICQ: 6817012 "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." -- Thomas Jefferson -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
