Hi Jeannie,
Originally posted by Jeannie Saur:
Do the patterns really work? And how many patterns are there?
I think they all work; I've used Encapsulated Big Fat Opening and Interested Listener a whole bunch, myself. And I think pretty much all women know that a guy who sits there and asks her questions about herself is going to be somewhat unusual and fairly popular. ;> (Interested Listener.)
There are 21 patterns; a few structural patterns (for stateful sessons) were cut for time reasons but I imagine I'll have to do another book sometime and put them in. Preemptive Contradog is one.
Oh, and there are also three Friendzone refactorings. ;>
Solveig