Design Patterns
Design patterns are standard approaches to solving frequent issues in software design. They act as ready-made templates that you can adapt to address specific recurring challenges in your programming projects.
Creational
Creational design patterns provide various object creation mechanisms. They help in creating objects in a manner suitable for the situation. The creational design patterns are:
- Abstract Factory
- Builder
- Factory Method
- Singleton
- Multiton
- Lazy Initialization
- Object Pool
- Prototype
Behavioral
Behavioral design patterns focus on communication between objects. They help in defining how objects interact with each other and how they operate. The behavioral design patterns are:
Structural
Structural design patterns deal with object composition. They help in defining relationships between objects and how they can be assembled to form larger structures. The structural design patterns are: