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There is a grain of truth in what they're trying to say, but the conclusions are outright misguided. My favorite is "The wrong way: Thinking of patterns when s
by tga 10y ago
There is a grain of truth in what they're trying to say, but the conclusions are outright misguided.
My favorite is "The wrong way: Thinking of patterns when solving problems." -- textbook reinventing the wheel / NIH.
- pvdebbe 10y agoI don't think it's saying exactly that. One should think up a solution first, then see if one needs patterns to fit that solution into the code base in language of choice. PHP certainly doesn't need all of Gang of Four recipes due to dynamicity and other factors.