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Patterns and frameworks

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- [Instructor] Design patterns are nice because they allow you to reuse design solutions. However, they're not a turnkey solution. You still have to write your own code that implements a pattern. Code samples are often available, but it's still necessary to customize them to fit your needs. Are you disappointed? I hope not. The good news is that there are exceptions to this norm, especially in the area of domain specific software components. A good example for this is security. There are many reusable snippets of code available in the form of either commercial off-the-shelf or open-source frameworks. Here, framework refers to a collection of reusable software elements. These frameworks implement design patterns. This means that all you have to do as a developer is use them through their application programming interface, or API. Imagine a scenario in which you have a software requirement for user authentication. Several security frameworks already offer user authentication features…

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