Algorithms, Frameworks, and Design Patterns
Explore the key distinctions between algorithms, design patterns, and frameworks in software development. Understand design patterns as reusable design blueprints, algorithms as concrete coded solutions, and frameworks as language-specific application skeletons. Discover pattern systems including creational, structural, and behavioral types to enhance software design skills.
Design patterns and algorithms
We’ve already defined design patterns as “a general reusable solution to a common software design problem.” In contrast, algorithms are defined as “a set of concrete well-known instructions used to solve a problem.”
Differences between design patterns and algorithms
- A design pattern, as is obvious from the name, is about designing a solution. Algorithms, on the other hand, are a concrete solution.
- Design patterns are blueprints that we use to solve problems at the design level while focusing on flexibility and maintenance. Algorithms are the concrete steps we take, focusing on correctness and