what's up with 'patterns'?

[Guyon Morée]

actually, i am re-writing my 'instant messaging server'. i first made a
draft to check out how this socket-stuff works and now  am re-writing it
completely in objects. it's cool and all, but i feel the need of good
'pre-design' as i'm walking into walls sometimes which requires me to
backtrack a lot.

i hope 'patterns' can help me in solving these problems.

thanx,

guyon


"Max M" <maxm at mxm.dk> wrote in message news:3D22FE02.6050106 at mxm.dk...
> Guyon Morée wrote:
>
>
> > is this something i should really look into or is it something that only
is
> > usefull when i am designing large systems and such?
>
>
> You should definetively look into it, but only if you have allready
> written some applications with objects.
>
> The leap from functional to patterns is probably to big. But if you have
> done some apps with objects it might be a valuable experience rewriting
> one, or part of it with the "Programming Patterns" book in one hand.
>
> regards Max M
>