On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Matthew Peter Lyon wrote: > hey, leading off this... a question for the group... are the ways in > programming to solve problems / situations called 'design patterns' ?
Well, sorta... 'design patterns' refers to a specific way of analyisng software design. It actually comes from the theories of an architect named Christopher Alexander (http://www.math.utsa.edu/sphere/salingar/Chris.text.html). These ideas were applied to a variety of things, like analyzing oriental carpet design, and object-oriented software design. There are many different ways of looking at software design and solving problems with them. There's a lot you can learn in, say a CompSci curriculum, and a lot also comes from experience and playing with structures and algorithms people have worked before. These techniques can't tell you how to program, but how to think about programming. There are tons of books out there, some good for the budding programmer, some at the college CS level. One book I do recommend taking a look at is from our old friends Brian Kernighan & Robert Pike, entitled _The Practice of Programming_. While they specifically look at C the most int terms of exmaples, the pricniples they touch apply to any language (and yes, they do a little Perl). They look at things like top-level design, debugging techniques, testing, style, etc. -- Brett http://www.chapelperilous.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Help me, I'm a prisoner in a Fortune cookie file! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
