November 4th - Design Patterns Explained

In our Design Patterns Explained book we are reading we will be covering chapters 5 - 8 at the November 4th meeting. See everyone at 7 PM.

5 An Introduction to Design Patterns

• The concept of design patterns, their origins in architecture, and how they apply in the discipline of software design.
• The motivations for studying design patterns.

6 The Facade Pattern

• What it is, where it is used, and how it is implemented.
• How the Facade pattern relates to the CAD/CAM problem.

7 The Adapter Pattern

• What it is, where it is used, and how it is implemented.
• Comparison between the Adapter pattern and the Facade pattern.
• How the Adapter pattern relates to the CAD/CAM problem.

8 Expanding Our Horizons

• Some important concepts in object-oriented programming: polymorphism, abstraction, classes, and encapsulation. It uses what has been learned in Chapters 5–7.