Well, I've never done unit testing, so maybe that explains why I don't "get it"…
On Jan 16, 2013, at 3:39 PM, Michael Schmalle wrote: > IMHO; > > Singletons serve a purpose just like every other design pattern. Having > developed/architected quite large frameworks in my day, Singletons are evil > in the context of a framework. You will soon see when you start unit testing > how evil they are. (IE I put one in FalconJx temporarily to stop jsdocs from > being emitted in the unit tests, now that damn thing is all over the tests > and I have to kill it) > > As far as applications, I believe it's really up to the developer because > they program what they were taught and familiar with. > > Mike > > Quoting Harbs <harbs.li...@gmail.com>: > >> Over the years I'm heard this from time to time, but I never understood the >> prejudice. I personally like singletons because it keeps things nice and >> simple. I don't like over-engineering things for no reason. >> >> Care to explain what's wrong with singletons? >> >> On Jan 16, 2013, at 8:41 AM, Avi Kessner wrote: >> >>> I'm in the 'singletons are evil' camp. >> >> > > -- > Michael Schmalle - Teoti Graphix, LLC > http://www.teotigraphix.com > http://blog.teotigraphix.com >
