Making Better Use of Patterns
Software Patterns are very useful. They provide us with common solutions to related, but distinct, problems.
Modern software IDEs like Visual Studio have become extremely adept at understanding and manipulating source code. With Intellisense, static checking, and powerful refactoring tools, code is becoming more and more like clay in developers’ hands.
I wonder what additional power could be added to IDEs if they were able to understand source code in terms of patterns.
For example, Visual Studio allows you to decorate classes and methods with various properties. Imagine being able to label a class as a Repository or a Singleton. This could aid code analysis tools in diagramming and organizing its representations of your code. It could even allow these advanced tools to automatically piece together the building blocks of your application in the most efficient way possible based on the patterns you have used.
About Adam Platt
Adam Platt is a technologist with more than a decade of experience across the full stack. His passion for technology and penchant for rendering complex technical ideas into simple terms have made him an in-demand speaker. His resume includes BriForum, the PowerShell Summit, teaching engagements and more.
He is one of the 10 types of people who understand binary and he can solve a Rubik’s Cube.
About Adam Platt
Adam Platt is a technologist with more than a decade of experience across the full stack. His passion for technology and penchant for rendering complex technical ideas into simple terms have made him an in-demand speaker. His resume includes BriForum, the PowerShell Summit, teaching engagements and more.
He is one of the 10 types of people who understand binary and he can solve a Rubik’s Cube.