Weekly Dev Tips

Applying Pain Driven Development to Patterns This week we talk about specific ways you can apply my strategy of Pain Driven Development to the use of design patterns. This is an excerpt from my Design Pattern Mastery presentation that goes into more detail on design patterns. Sponsor - DevIQ Thanks to DevIQ for sponsoring this episode! Check out their list of available courses and how-to videos. Show Notes / Transcript I talked about Pain Driven Development, or PDD, in episode 10 - check out that episode first if you're not familiar with the practice. I've recently been focusing a bit on some design patterns. An easy trap to fall into with design patterns is trying to apply them too frequently or too soon. PDD suggests waiting to experience pain while trying to work with the application's current design before you attempt to refactor to improve its design by applying a design pattern. In this tip, I'll walk through a few common steps where applying a specific pattern may be helpful. To begin, let's assume we