Design Patterns discussion

["Justin Daubenmire" <jdaubenm AT yahoo.com>]

Thanks Ray for the input and thoughts.

I think the calendar and notes/reminders fall under the observer pattern.

To all: my other question is the user object. The user object will have a 
one to one relationship with the calendar object. I am wondering if simply 
making the user object a singleton would be a good fit for this practise 
application?

Is there another pattern that we could use to fit the user object into the 
observer pattern for the calendar/notes/reminders?

Could the user object be a subject and the calendar be an observer that 
could subscribe to the user object?

Are there any patterns common to a one to one relationship between objects?

Any advice/feedback welcomed!

Regards,
Justin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Tayek" <rtayek AT ca.rr.com>
To: 
<gang-of-4-patterns AT cs.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: [gang-of-4-patterns] new to design patterns


> At 10:57 AM 5/14/2008, you wrote:
> > ... multiple users so each user can have his/her own calendar,
> > reminders, and notes. Users can attach multiple notes to a single
> > date. Users can attach multiple reminders to a single date.
> >
> > So the main objects are: calendar, user, notes, reminders and they
> > are classes, not even any GUI objects yet.
> >
> > As I sat down to program the application and select design patterns,
> > I drew a blank!
>
> don't worry, you may not need any design patterns. wait for a design
> problem to show up.
>
> > ...programming, but design patterns are new to me so ..., can some
> > of you please steer me to what design patterns I should use for the
> > application?
> >
> > What design pattern would be good to use for reminders/notes? The
> > calendar? users?
>
> none come to mind immediately. do some class design for a while.
> write some code. wait until you have some design problem to solve.
>
> thanks
>
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