CPSC 522 - Design Patterns and Refactoring

5 credit hours

Categorization of standard design patterns, their use, expected benefits and associated costs. Explication and analysis of creational, interface, structural and behavioral patterns. Use of patterns relative to legacy code, including characteristics of poorly designed code as well as the misapplication of patterns. Examination and application of refactoring, techniques used to modify existing code in order to improve structure or performance.