Design Patterns in Object Orientation

Learn to apply Design Patterns

Design patterns describe simple and elegant solutions to specific problems in Object Oriented Design.
Design patterns capture solutions that have developed and evolved over time. They play an important role in designing complex systems.
The importance in design patterns lies in the fact that application development can result in a design that is smaller, simpler and far more understandable than if these patterns were ignored.
At the end of the course, students will be able to: understand and apply different design patterns.
- Understand what a Design Pattern is. [Understand]
- Understand why Design Patterns are useful. [Understand]
- Understand the structure of the Design Pattern catalog in the book "Design Patterns" by Gamma et alii. [Understand]
- Apply various Design Patterns [Apply]

- Introduction Design Patterns
- Design Patterns: definitions and overview
- Creational patterns abstract the instantiation process.
- Structural patterns are concerned with how classes and objects are composed to form larger structures.
- Behavioural Patterns: These patterns are concerned with algorithms and the assignments of responsibilities and communications between obj…