I distinctly remember the first time I looked at a overly long and complicated model class and thought: "OMG, this is a state machine!" - a shortish refactor later and it was much simpler to read and debug.
However, now I'm at a loss on how to teach the junior programmers at my company how to recognize which patterns scream "turn me into a state machine!" Several booleans triggering certain code paths in several methods is a pretty sure sign. Are there more?
However, now I'm at a loss on how to teach the junior programmers at my company how to recognize which patterns scream "turn me into a state machine!" Several booleans triggering certain code paths in several methods is a pretty sure sign. Are there more?