Weekly Dev Tips

Learn the Strategy Pattern The Strategy design pattern is one of the most fundamental and commonly-used patterns in modern object-oriented design. Take some time to make sure you're proficient with it. Sponsor - DevIQ Thanks to DevIQ for sponsoring this episode! Check out their list of available courses and how-to videos. Show Notes / Transcript I'm continuing a small series of tips on design patterns that I started with episode 17. I encourage you to listen to these tips in order, since in many cases they'll build on one another. This week I want to briefly describe the strategy pattern, and more importantly, why I think it's a pattern every object-oriented software developer should know. The strategy design pattern is often applied as a refactoring technique to improve the design of some existing code. The original code likely has some tightly-coupled and/or complex logic in it that would be better off separated from the current implementation. I think one reason why I'm so fond of the strategy pattern is t