Re: design pattern for a file converter...
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On Sat, 11 Dec 2010, Arne Vajh?j wrote:
On 11-12-2010 08:57, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Fri, 10 Dec 2010, Stefan Ram wrote:
Tom Whittaker <ojasrege@yahoo.com> writes:
Does anyone have any insight into the best design pattern(s) to use
for this feature?
I tend to write such code in a more procedural manner first.
Then, I see the patterns in the code.
Then, I refactor to make the patterns explicit if this seems
to be of any use at all.
This is what i do too. When i was younger, i used to start with a lovely
objecty design. I think what broke that habit was spending a few years
in Python instead of Java, mostly writing very simple, procedural
programs, because of the nature of the work i was doing. When i came
back to Java, i found myself in the same mindset as Stefan - start
simple, and refactor out the objects and patterns as they become obvious.
I think it depends on the problem.
I don't think starting a 500 KLOC project procedural and then
refactoring to OO later will work.
Not after you've written the half million lines, no. But you can do it as
you go along - write something straightforward, then "refactor out the
objects and patterns as they become obvious".
tom
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