Design Patterns
Introduction Gang of Four (GoF) is a term referring to a group of 4 authors ( Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson and John Vlissides ) who published the classic book Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software in 1994 . The book summarizes 23 design patterns commonly used to solve recurring object-oriented programming ( OOP ) design problems. The main benefit of GoF Design Patterns is providing standardized solutions to common problems, making source code easier to maintain, extend and creating a common language for developers when discussing software architecture. These 23 design patterns are divided into 3 main groups: Creational Patterns Factory Method : Defines an interface for creating an object, but lets subclasses decide which class to instantiate. Abstract Factory : Provides an interface for creating families of related or dependent objects without specifying their concrete classes. Builder : Separates the construction of a complex obj...