Reading Time: 11 minutes Design patterns serve as proven solutions to common challenges, providing a shared language and best practices that elevate the quality and efficiency of software construction. In this exploration, we delve deeper into the Factory and Abstract Factory Methods, both categorised under creational design patterns. Uncover the core principles behind these methods, reveal the secrets that empower developers to optimise their code, enhance scalability, and strike a harmonious balance between flexibility and structure.
Reading Time: 6 minutes “Think as if you’re a proactive software developer working on a project with a rigid deadline. You’ve been coding for hours, and you finally finish a complex feature that you’re sure will work flawlessly. But as you run the code, you notice that something’s not quite right. After some digging, you discover a critical bug that could have disastrous consequences if left unchecked. You realize that you could have caught the bug much earlier if you had written some unit tests.