Design patterns

By definition, a design pattern is a set of proven de facto industry standards and best practices for resolving recurring problems. Design patterns are not ready-made solutions. Rather, they're a way or template to implement and apply the best possible solution for your problem.

It's equally true that if a design pattern is not implemented in the right way, it creates a lot of problems rather than solving the one you expected to solve. So it's very important to know which design pattern, if any, is right for a specific scenario.

Design patterns are a common paradigm to describe the problem and how to solve it. It's usually not language specific. Design patterns can protect you from the design problems that generally occur ...

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