From 0 to 1: Design Patterns - 24 That Matter - In Java

DESCRIPTION

• Prerequisites: Basic understanding of Java
• Taught by a Stanford-educated ex-Googler husband-wife team
• More than 50 real-world examples

This is an intensely practical deeply thoughtful and quirky take on 24 Design Patterns that matter.

Let's parse that.

• The course is intensely practical bursting with examples - the more important patterns have 3-6 examples each. More than 50 real-world Java examples in total.
• The course is deeply thoughtful and it will coax and cajole you into thinking about the irreducible core of an idea - in the context of other patterns overall programming idioms and evolution in usage.
• The course is also quirky. The examples are irreverent. Lots of little touches: repetition zooming out so we remember the big picture active learning with plenty of quizzes. There's also a peppy soundtrack and art - all shown by studies to improve cognition and recall.
• Lastly the patterns matter because each of these 24 is a canonical solution to recurring problems.

What's Covered:

• Decorator Factory Abstract Factory Strategy Singleton Adapter Facade Template Iterator MVC Observer Command Composite Builder Chain of Responsibility Memento Visitor State Flyweight Bridge Mediator Prototype Proxy Double-Checked Locking and Dependency Injection.
• The only GoF pattern not covered is the Interpreter pattern which we felt was too specialized and too far from today's programming idiom; instead we include an increasingly important non-GoF pattern Dependency Injection.
• Examples: Java Filestreams Reflection XML specification of UIs Database handlers Comparators Document Auto-summarization Python Iterator classes Tables and Charts Threading Media players Lambda functions Menus Undo/Redo functionality Animations SQL Query Builders Exception handling Activity Logging Immutability of Strings Remote Method Invocation Serializable and Cloneable networking.
• Dependency Inversion Demeter's Law the Open-Closed Principle loose and tight coupling the differences between frameworks libraries and design patterns.

Basic knowledge:

• There are no pre-requisites other than curiosity - about Design about Patterns about Life :-)

Who is the target audience?

• Yep! Engineers - from street-smart coders to wise architects - ought to take this course. After this class you'll look at software design with a new pair of eyes.
• Yep! Product Managers ought to take this course - you will learn to understand the how of Software Design without being constrained by it.
• Yep! Technology executives and investors who don't write code ought to take this course - after this you will always have an intelligent point-of-view on software and won't find your eyes glazing over when its time to talk nitty-gritty
• Computer Science majors (undergrad or grad) - if you are among the folks that make 'real world example Observer Pattern' such a common search phrase on Google this is precisely the place for you.
• Yep! Journalists Wall Street types or IP lawyers seeking to understand recurring patterns of problems and solutions in technology.
• Yep! If you are prepping hard for software engineering interviews :-)
• Nope! This course is not right for you if you are looking for a Programming 101 course. That's not because there are pre-requisites but simply because a Programming 101 course focuses on syntax and on doing while this course focuses on design and on thinking.

Course Completion Certificate

What you will learn:

• Identify situations that call for the use of a Design Pattern
• Understand each of 24 Design Patterns - when how why and why not to use them
• Distill the principles that lie behind the Design Patterns and apply these in coding and in life whether or not a Design Pattern is needed
• Spot programming idioms that are actually built on Design Patterns but that are now hiding in plain sight

Curriculum:

• What are Design Patterns?
• The Strategy Pattern
• The Decorator Pattern
• The Factory Pattern
• The Singleton Pattern
• The Adapter Pattern
• The Facade Pattern
• The Template Pattern
• The Iterator Pattern
• The MVC Paradigm
• The Observer Pattern
• The Command Pattern
• The Composite Pattern
• The Builder Pattern
• The Chain of Responsibility Pattern
• The Memento Pattern
• The Visitor Pattern
• The State Pattern
• The Flyweight Pattern
• The Bridge Pattern
• The Mediator Pattern
• The Prototype Pattern
• The Proxy Pattern

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