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Posted by FluffyCat on 11/03/84 11:52
On 27 Jun 2006 23:22:38 -0700, "Richard Levasseur"
<richardlev@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>FluffyCat wrote:
>> Last month I continued my series of design patterns examples using PHP
>> 5 with the Observer Pattern and the Prototype Pattern. Here now is my
>> 16th example, the Adapter pattern.
>>
>> http://www.fluffycat.com/PHP-Design-Patterns/Adapter/
>>
>> In the Adapter Pattern we adapt a class we have to provide methods
>> another class needs, without changing the original class.
>>
>> If you work with a lot of classes that you can not change, then this
>> pattern is certainly something you would want to consider using on a
>> regular basis.
>
>Wow, thats a very nice website you have. Some very clean examples,
>though a bit more explanation might be needed for some. It contains
>some things that every developer should know, especially PHP ones,
>since most PHP devs aren't formally taught these concepts.
>
>For the iterator pattern you should note that there is a native
>iterator interface in PHP5 (several, actually), allowing you to iterate
>over arbitrary objects using foreach(). Other interfaces are available
>to allow array access with [], using count(), etc etc.
>
>Might want to note that only the most recent versions of MySQL support
>the really useful SQL features, too, simply because MySQL < 4.1 is
>still so common.
>
>A short blurb or links about database normalization could be helpful,
>too.
Thanks very much for checking out the site!
I agree with you on the thin explanations. The focus of the site is
to just give examples, but being a little more verbose would probably
help many readers.
Good point about iterators too. It's a funny pattern with most
languages already having an iterator, which is why I tried to
illustrate implementing an iterator with an algorythm that wasn't just
linearly traversing the array one element at a time.
Funny you mention db normalization, I was considering doing a series
on that once I finish the php design patterns. Probably show one
example in 1st - 4th or 5th normal form. Have to come up with good
example data for that.
-Larry Truett
LTruett@FluffyCat.com
www.FluffyCat.com
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