Design Patterns are tried and true solutions used in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP). With PHP 5.6 now the minimum recommended version for WordPress, knowing these patterns equips you for best practices in building solid themes and plugins. Using the right Design Pattern today can save you a lot of time tomorrow and make you feel super smart.
In this talk we will walk through the following OOP Design Patterns with examples and practical use cases: – Singleton – Factory – ValueObject – Decorator – Dependency Injection – Entity-Attribute-Value (EAV)
This talk assumes the audience has at least a moderate understanding of OOP. It’s intended to take mid-level OOP programmers to the next level.