Design Patterns: Creational

Course details

Time-tested solutions to common problems in software engineering never go out of style, especially when software systems last much longer than anticipated. Exploring design patterns as part of an overall software development strategy is more important than ever to create maintainable, flexible designs. This course covers all the core creational patterns from the original design patterns catalog, the Gang of Four collection. Explore how to use these five patterns to create flexible and efficient object-oriented software designs, learn how the patterns and the design principles behind them guide good software design, and discover techniques and ideas to improve your own designs.

Topics include:
- Creational patterns
- Using the Factory Method pattern to create objects
- Encapsulating what varies with Abstract Factory
- Creating flexible objects with the Builder pattern
- Making objects from objects with the Prototype pattern
- Controlling object creation with the Singleton pattern

Concepts

Introduction

Think about how you create objects

Creational Design Patterns

Creational design patterns
Design pattern categories
Creational patterns
Design principles and creational patterns

The Factory Method Pattern

Factories
A simple factory
The Factory Method pattern
How the pattern works
Flexibility and Factory Method
Challenge - Design a factory
Solution - Design a factory

The Abstract Factory Pattern

The Abstract Factory pattern
How the pattern works
Design principles and Abstract Factory

The Builder Pattern

The Builder pattern
How the pattern works
Flexibility in configuration
Challenge - A builder design
Solution - A builder design

The Prototype Pattern

The Prototype pattern
How the pattern works
Leverage existing objects

The Singleton Pattern

The Singleton pattern
How the pattern works
Control how objects are created

Conclusion

Continuing your studies