Category Archives: composition

Composition versus Inheritance

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Chad Myers

One score (minus five) years ago, in the age of yore and of our programming forefathers, there was written a little book. A seminal book. A book that would change things. That book was called Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable … Continue reading →

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Real World Refactoring

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Joshua Flanagan

If you’ve ever asked, or been asked, for an example to illustrate a software design principle, you know how frustrating it can be to work with a contrived example. There is rarely any depth to the example, and it lines … Continue reading →

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Let your Inversion of Control tool work for you

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Joshua Flanagan

If you are just starting out exploring use of an Inversion of Control tool (IoC), its very easy to go down the wrong path, and make things harder for yourself. Today I had a conversation with a bright developer who … Continue reading →

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