In an earlier article we saw what design patterns are and how they can help us. Today we’re going to take a look at the first category: creational patterns.

Creational design patterns deal with class creation and instantiation, and how to use those instances. Basic class creation could result in design problems or added complexity to the design. These patterns solve these problems by controlling this object creation.

Some examples of creational design patterns:

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Design patterns are solutions to common software development problems, and aim to facilitate the development of a software project. A solution must have proven effectiveness and be highly reusable (can be applied to different design problems in different circumstances) to become a design pattern.

A pattern describes a problem that happens over and over again in our environment, and then explains the core of the solution to that particular problem. Since it is just a scheme of the solution, the application of this pattern is not literal: it requires adaptation. You could use the same pattern a thousand times, and never repeat the way you applied it.

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