Design Patterns Implementation

Table of Contents

• Overview
• When to Use
• Quick Start
• Reference Guides
• Best Practices

Overview

Apply proven design patterns to create maintainable, extensible, and testable code architectures.

When to Use

• Solving common architectural problems
• Making code more maintainable and testable
• Implementing extensible plugin systems
• Decoupling components
• Following SOLID principles
• Code reviews identifying architectural issues

Quick Start

Minimal working example:

class DatabaseConnection {
  private static instance: DatabaseConnection;
  private connection: any;

  private constructor() {
    this.connection = this.createConnection();
  }

  public static getInstance(): DatabaseConnection {
    if (!DatabaseConnection.instance) {
      DatabaseConnection.instance = new DatabaseConnection();
    }
    return DatabaseConnection.instance;
  }

  private createConnection() {
    return {
      /* connection logic */
    };
  }
}

// Usage
const db1 = DatabaseConnection.getInstance();
const db2 = DatabaseConnection.getInstance();
// ... (see reference guides for full implementation)

Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the references/ directory:

Guide	Contents
Singleton Pattern	Singleton Pattern
Factory Pattern	Factory Pattern
Observer Pattern	Observer Pattern
Strategy Pattern	Strategy Pattern
Decorator Pattern	Decorator Pattern
Repository Pattern	Repository Pattern
Dependency Injection	Dependency Injection

Best Practices

✅ DO

• Choose patterns that solve actual problems
• Keep patterns simple and understandable
• Document why patterns were chosen
• Consider testability
• Follow SOLID principles
• Use dependency injection
• Prefer composition over inheritance

❌ DON'T

• Apply patterns without understanding them
• Over-engineer simple solutions
• Force patterns where they don't fit
• Create unnecessary abstraction layers
• Ignore team familiarity with patterns