Education
University of Zurich.
University of Zurich.
He co-wrote the JUnit software testing framework with Kent Beck and led the design of the Eclipse platform"s Java Development Tools (JDT). He also worked on the International Business Machines Corporation Rational Jazz project He joined the Microsoft Visual Studio team in 2011 and leads a development lab in Zürich, Switzerland that has developed the "Monaco" suite of components for browser-based development, found in products such as Visual Studio Online, Visual Studio Code, Azure Mobile Services, Azure Web Sites, and the Office 365 Development tools.
In an interview in 2005, Erich Gamma explained: I think patterns as a whole can help people learn object-oriented thinking: how you can leverage polymorphism, design for composition, delegation, balance responsibilities, and provide pluggable behavior.
Patterns go beyond applying objects to some graphical shape example, with a shape class hierarchy and some polymorphic draw method. You really learn about polymorphism when you"ve understood the patterns.
So patterns are good for learning OO and design in general. Written Erich Gamma on Flexibility and Reuse Design Principles from Design Patterns Patterns and Practice Eclipse"s Culture of Shipping Audio.