Design pattern research
From ICT research methods
Contents
Why?
Applying well-known design patterns improves the quality (and structure) of the designed software.
How?
Design patterns are documented solutions to frequently encountered problems or challenges in software engineering; they incorporate good software engineering principles. You should have an overview and active knowledge of the available patterns.
Ingredients
- An overview of patterns (book or websites).
- Time to absorb and understand patterns.
- A willingness to improve the quality of the designed software.
In practice
The book Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object- Oriented Software is regarded as the ‘bible’ of design patterns and is still widely used in corporate software engineering practice. However, there are many other, more up-to-date, books and online resources on the topic.
