O'reilly Programming Podcast - O'reilly Media Podcast

The O’Reilly Programming Podcast: Creating designs that are more flexible and resilient to change.In this episode of the O’Reilly Programming Podcast, I talk with Eric Freeman and Elisabeth Robson, presenters of the live online training course Design Patterns Boot Camp, and co-authors (with Bert Bates and Kathy Sierra) of Head First Design Patterns, among other books. They are also co-founders of WickedlySmart, an online learning company for software developers.Discussion points: How to use design patterns, which are solutions that have been repeatedly applied to particular object-oriented problems Examples of the types of “non-obvious solutions” that can be achieved through design patterns How design patterns can help create a shared vocabulary that can improve teams’ collaborations The difference between design patterns and design principles WickedlySmart’s projects, including “Game of Life,” which explores t