antipattern
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antipattern
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From anti- + pattern, coined by Andrew Koenig in 1995.
noun antipatterns · anti-pattern
- A design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice. If a Design Pattern gives you a general solution to a recurring problem in a particular context, then what does an anti-pattern give you? An Anti-Pattern tells you how to go from a problem to a BAD solution.
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noun a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice
| 日本語 | アンチパターン anchipatān |
|---|---|
| Português | antipadrão |
| Deutsch | Antimuster, Anti-Pattern |
| Русский | антипатте́рн antipattérn |
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