Structural Patterns Pt 1 Feedback

[ibirnam]

@amelinagzz - Feedback on https://make-school-courses.github.io/MOB-2.4-Advanced-Architectural-Patterns-in-iOS/#/Lessons/05-Structural-PatternsPt.1/Lesson5

New Idea: Have them research the patterns themselves first, discuss as a class, then you explain the concepts and have them practice it. could be a nice way to break up the flow of lessons so far

The Adapter Pattern:

• Give a metaphor here to help the concept sink in. Comparing to the dongles we use for macbooks would be good here.
• Client is mentioned but never used. Either use it in your example, or omit it if it's not important
• Make them do a mini-challenge here. Should mimic the hobbit example 90%, just get them practicing writing the syntax
• Might be nice to have small code-snippets of the "when to use" and "when NOT to use" sections to highlight the examples

The Decorator Pattern:

• Use a metaphor of a magic dongle that automatically adapts to any connection that's needed when you go to plug it in.
• UIDatePicker has a formatting issue
• Put the Coffee example earlier to break up the TT. After the "Problems Addressed" section.
• Add a simple challenge that's 90% like the Coffee example (make it Tea, or Boba, etc.), and have them do it themselves to get practice with it

After Class: Usual concern of how are you checking that they do this work?