YES The point of design patterns is a way to describe what you've made succinctly. NO When you set out to do something that you don't yet know how to do, hav

YES The point of design patterns is a way to describe what you've made succinctly. NO When you set out to do something that you don't yet know how to do, having a crank you can turn to get out functioning code is a good thing. I think what you mean is "Design Patterns are Tools, not Dogma". Plus, a lot of design patterns only make sense in typed and/or OOP languages, so under those circumstances, they can't be applied as goals.