Decorators vs. other patterns

April 12, 2012 Tagged: decorator pattern strategy pattern composite pattern presenter pattern design patterns ruby Comments (View) Decorators vs. other patterns We’ve been paying closer attention lately to how we use design patterns in our Ruby on Rails work. Decorators have emerged as one pattern that’s helped us keep code ready for change. We’ve chosen our spots carefully, but it’s proven useful quite often. For me, it’s been a new technique that’s required asking a lot of questions to evaluate alternative decorator implementations in Ruby and understand terms. Some questions I’ve had: What’s the difference between a decorator and a strategy? What’s the difference between a decorator and a composite? What’s the difference between a decorator and a presenter? Intent A decorator’s intent, as described in Design Patterns by the Gang of Four, is: Attach additional responsibi...

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Some interesting thoughts on the Decorator pattern, and how it fits into what you're doing. [link]
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read it pattern knowledge is scarce in rails land. plus he wrote PORO :-) RT @thoughtbot: Decorators vs. other patterns [link]
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