Builder Pattern Example in C#

[@rogerr4469]

Nice nice. I like the fluent builder example, it really makes it easy for developers to understand someone else's code.

[@flockomotion]

"Clean code should read like prose." - your fluent builder really expresses this ideal!

[@dgodiegomartins]

Great content. One question. Why are you returning the FluentPOBuilder instead return the interface IPurchaseOrderBuilder ?

[@inkofthedragon]

Do you think the Builder Pattern could be an effective way to build different kinds of AiControllers with different behaviours/states and abilities, say for an Orc, Goblin, Troll, etc? Thanks

[@Hardtakk]

Thank you so much! I suddenly got a Builder Pattern at me in a project without ever having seen one before and this really helped me understand the basic idea.

[@bravoelliot]

Excellent video

[@mozamilahmadafghan4889]

The link for the Github Code is dead.

[@abhijeetsingh1939]

Great tutorial Wes! Keep more coming! Namaste from India!

[@Over9000Nine]

Hey man, thank you for your video, great explanation. I have one question: What if, for one bread supplies PO you do not want to add Requested By. In your current implementation the director class always calls builder.AddRequestedBy(). What is the best way to manage such a case? I know my question is kinda late but I hope you see it. Thanks!

[@WesDoyle]

Good question. This so-called "Director" class provides an additional layer of abstraction for us to define ways of constructing our order. So, if you wanted to execute a different chain of events, you could create a separate method to do that in the same class, like ConstructForX. Just an idea, haven't thought about it much!

[@Over9000Nine]

@@WesDoyle Thank you :)

[@jemmett8885]

Is that a theme making his font colour and style that way?

[@Mhblabla]

How does this compare versus the fluent methods being on the class we are producing itself? For instance like in the accepted answer in this SO question: stackoverflow.com/questions/1794848/writing-my-first-dsl-in-c-sharp-and-getting-hung-up-on-funct-action The issue I have with the described way of doing things in this video is that you end up with duplicate code in the builder and in the class the builder is producing (for example, all of the properties are being repeated in the builder class (albeit being replaced with fields).

[@mrclaytron]

Nice one Wes!

[@refreshious]

You going to go through all the GoF patterns?

[@WesDoyle]

+Kinman Li perhaps eventually. That would be an interesting project.

[@luistc1721]

what style do you use for visual studio ?

[@WesDoyle]

+Luis TC check out my dotfiles on my github, I've exported my vs settings. github.com/wesdoyle

[@luistc1721]

Wes Doyle thanks .. excellent tutorial

[@luistc1721]

Wes Doyle Greetings from Peru

[@WesDoyle]

Thanks for watching! All the best to you!

[@nesekaramanler914]

@@WesDoyle style ok but font is different :(

[@lyalin]

Great video!

[@Ohlawdie]

Hey Wes, I couldn't help but notice the color settings for your code! How'd you get your '=" sign to be red?

[@WesDoyle]

Hey Evan, thanks for the message. Tools > Options > Fonts and Colors > Operator, I believe. My vssettings file is available on my GitHub!

[@Ohlawdie]

Awesome, thanks!

[@mrdiv8418]

Thank you! This 5FRI format is great. Concise and informative. I would love to see more videos regarding Gang of Four Design Patterns. May be even separate playlist or series. This topic is very confusing for newbies like I'm myself.

[@WesDoyle]

Thanks, Greg - I'll definitely have to put that together!

[@augis1393]

Hey Wes, what do you think how many languages does developer needs to know these days? It seems like you are familiar with quite a few. Cheers for great tutorials!!!

[@WesDoyle]

Hi Augustinas - I believe it really depends on your goal. As a default answer, in terms of coding for employment, I would say that it's 'good enough' to be proficient with a single popular language. It's perhaps more important to know how to get things done in your area of interest - and from there, learning about best practices in software development more generally. That said, I find it enjoyable to explore different languages and paradigms. One of the great things about learning one language well is that it helps you pick up concepts in subsequent languages more quickly. I think it's a great idea to pick a second or third language that works completely differently than the language you're most proficient with - for example, if you use Java regularly, explore Haskell. If you use Javascript, take Go for a spin, etc.

[@augis1393]

Thank you for a great answer!

[@dotnet-azure]

github repo doesn't work

[@kevinmarkandrada]

SOLID Principles + Enterprise Architecture + MVC Pattern + .NET Core + Web API + Vue.js + C# in One Project PLEASE! From Philippines! Nice Vlogs and Tutorials! God bless

[@rockingdude8383]

github repo is broken link

[@TheAceInfinity]

Builder pattern and factory are both very useful.

[@WesDoyle]

Definitely!

[@soccerfinatic234]

github doesnt work for this :(

[@hovadopekelne]

... silverface, good choice ...

[@OghamTheBold]

*I.O.U* ( Implicit Operator _Useful_ )

[@rahmatabadi3839]

Your example is too complicated so it will take unnecessary time to decipher your scenario. It will be better to choose a simple scenario so we don't need to decipher unnecessary parts. Reduces the number of properties as minimal as possible and use simple method names as well.

[@ferreiradev]

For easy scenarios, check out the Head First Design Patterns. It is rare to find well implemented demonstrations for complex usage of Builder patttern