Questions

1. What are GoF patterns and why would we use them?
2. Explain what creational design patterns are used for and list them.
3. Explain what structural design patterns are used for and them.
4. Explain what behavioral design patterns are used for and list them.
5. Is it possible to overuse design patterns and call code smells?
6. Describe the singleton design pattern and when you'd use it.
7. Why would we use factory methods?
8. What design pattern would you use to hide the complexity of a system that is large and difficult to use?
9. How can you minimize memory usage and share common data between objects?
10. What pattern is used to decouple an abstraction from its implementation?
11. How can you construct multiple representations of the same complex object?
12. If you have an item that requires various stages of manipulation to get it into the required state, what pattern would you...