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When you are asked in job interviews to explain a design pattern that you had used, many pick “singleton” as it is easy to explain. But, “singleton” design pattern does have lots of nuances that can lead to further drill down questions mentioned in this post. This post also explains...
Next time you are asked to explain a design pattern in an interview, you could pick this as opposed to the very common factory and singleton design patterns. Q1. How will you go about using a builder design pattern instead of constructors to create thread-safe immutable objects? … Read more...
Q1. Why do Proxy, Decorator, Adapter, Bridge, and Facade design patterns look very similar? A1. Some design patterns do have subtle differences, and it is important to understand the intent of a pattern. Decorator and chain of responsibility may look similar but the intent is different. … Read more ›...
Flyweight pattern is about sharing a collection of objects. The flyweight design pattern is a structural pattern used to improve memory usage and performance (i.e. due to shorter and less frequent garbage collections) by creating fewer objects. Instead of creating a large number of objects, we reuse the objects that...