Editing Design pattern (section)

{{Short description|Re-usable form of a solution to a design problem}}
{{Redirect|Design patterns|the book|Design Patterns}}
{{About|a relatively general design concept|application for software development|Software design pattern}}

A '''design pattern''' is the re-usable form of a solution to a design problem. The idea was introduced by the architect [[Christopher Alexander]]<ref name="Alexander, A Pattern Language" >{{cite book |first=Christopher |last=Alexander |author-link=Christopher Alexander |title=[[A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction]] |series=Center for Environmental Structure series |volume=2 |location=New York |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1977 |isbn=0-19-501919-9 |oclc=3132495}}</ref> and has been adapted for various other disciplines, particularly [[software engineering]].<ref name="Gang of Four" >{{cite book |title=[[Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software]] |first1=Erich |last1=Gamma |first2=Richard |last2=Helm |first3=Ralph |last3=Johnson |first4=John |last4=Vlissides |series=Addison-Wesley professional computing series |location=Reading, Mass. |publisher=[[Addison-Wesley]] |year=1994 |isbn=0-201-63361-2 |oclc=31171684}} The "[[Design Patterns (book)|Gang of Four]]" book.</ref>