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• Design Patterns: Proxy Pattern

  Finished the chapter on the Proxy Pattern and updated the C# Design Patterns Cheat Sheet appropriately . I think I the cheat sheet is almost complete. Read More... Posted Monday, March 02, 2009 4:55 PM by Tod Birdsall | 7 Comments Filed under: Design Patterns

• The State Pattern

  I am more than half-way through Head First Design Patterns . Yea! I have made it to State Patterns and the C# Design Patterns Cheat Sheet has been updated. Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 17, 2009 7:30 AM by Tod Birdsall | 9 Comments Filed under: Design Patterns

• Nothing There: The Null Object Design Pattern

  While reading Head First Design Patterns , I came across the Null Object Pattern . Which, depending on who you ask, may not be a design pattern. Head First Design Patterns refers to the Null Object as a "Pattern Honorable Mention". Here is an excerpt Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:00 PM by Tod Birdsall | 5 Comments Filed under: Design Patterns

• Adapter, Facade, Template Method, Oh My!

  I have added three more design patterns to my C# Design Patterns Cheat Sheet : The Adapter Pattern, Facade Pattern and Template Method Pattern. It is interesting to see how similar the Adapter Pattern and Facade Pattern are to the Decorator Pattern. Head Read More... Posted Monday, January 05, 2009 5:00 PM by Tod Birdsall | 7 Comments Filed under: Design Patterns

• The Singleton Pattern's Gotchas

  For years, the only software design pattern that I thought I really understood was the Singleton Pattern. I mean, how much more simple can you get than a pattern that is used to "ensure that a class has only one instance, and provides a global point of Read More... Posted Monday, December 15, 2008 7:56 AM by Tod Birdsall | 4 Comments Filed under: Design Patterns

• Design Patterns: Learning the Command Pattern

  Moving right along, I am now on the Command Pattern chapter of Head First Design Patterns and I have updated my Programming Design Pattern Cheat Sheet with the definition of the Command Pattern. Read More... Posted Thursday, December 11, 2008 3:26 PM by Tod Birdsall | 4 Comments Filed under: Design Patterns

• Design Patterns: Learning the Singleton Pattern

  I am going through chapter 5 of Head First Design Patterns (can't recommend it enough). This one is all about the Singleton Pattern. I have updated my Programming Design Patterns accordingly. Update: Apparently there are several pitfalls you should be Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 19, 2008 5:35 PM by Tod Birdsall | 4 Comments Filed under: Design Patterns

• Design Patterns Cheat Sheet

  I am reading through Head First Design Patterns (which I cannot recommend enough) and have started documenting some of the notes I have taken, on my site. If you are interested in following along, I have started a programming design patterns cheat sheet Read More... Posted Saturday, August 23, 2008 12:42 PM by Tod Birdsall | 15 Comments Filed under: Design Patterns

• Design Patterns Cheat Sheet

  While studying design patterns with the help of an exceptional learning aid called Head First Design Patterns , I made a list of the programming design patterns they cover. This information below works as a cheat sheet for me. Feel free to print this Read More... Posted Sunday, July 20, 2008 8:05 PM by Tod Birdsall | 39 Comments Filed under: Design Patterns