Tag: design patterns

GAME DEV’S QUEST e108: DECORATOR-ATOR-ATOR-ATOR

This is the third episode in our Design Pattern series, where Taylor discusses the Decorator pattern.

Resources used:
Head First Design Patterns
Theoritical Video – Christopher Okhravi
Practical Video – Derek Banas
Dotnet Example
Taylor’s Code

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GAME DEV’S QUEST e101: OBSERVE THE OBSERVABLE

This is the second episode in our Design Pattern of the Week series, where Taylor discusses the Observer pattern and the C# implementation of this using Events and Delegates.

Resources used:
Head First Design Patterns
Theoritical Video – Christopher Okhravi
Practical Video – Derek Banas
Game Programming Patterns
Simple Dotnet Observer Pattern example
In-Depth Dotnet Observer Pattern
RBWhitaker – Delegates
RBWhitaker – Events

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Own implementation
Dotnet implementation

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GAME DEV’S QUEST e97: STRATEGERIZING

This week, it’s just Taylor again. He talks about his overall experience interviewing for a Software Developer position and gives some recommendations if you are in a similar position. Then he introduces a new segment: Design Pattern of the Week! This week’s design pattern is the Strategy Pattern.

Resources used:
Head First Design Patterns
Theoritical Video
Practical Video
Game Programming Patterns

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GAME DEV’S QUEST e95: INTERVIEW PREP

This week, Taylor prepares for a programming job interview. He answers mostly object oriented and C# questions, with a few SQL and general programming questions. Definitely spend some time practicing for your interviews and feel free to use some of these questions and answers yourself to help you prepare. Here are the resources he used:

Lynda.com C# interview preparation course
50 C# interview questions
50 SQL interview questions
7 general programming questions

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