"I feel uneasy about design patterns. On the one hand, my university class on design patterns revived my interest in programming. On the other hand, I find most patterns in the Gang of Four book to be irrelevant to my daily work; they solve problems that a choice of programming language or paradigm creates."
My relationship with design patterns changed when I stopped viewing them as prescriptive and started viewing them as descriptive.
My relationship with design patterns changed when I stopped viewing them as prescriptive and started viewing them as descriptive.