Oikean mallin (tai ei mitään mallia) valitseminen ongelmalle vaatii ongelman syvää ymmärtämistä, mallien ja niiden kompromissien tuntemista sekä harkintaa hyötyjen ja kompleksisuuden tasapainottamiseksi. Tavoitteena on ongelma hyvin ratkaista, ei käyttää malleja niiden itsensä vuoksi.
Aloita ongelmasta, ei mallista
✓ UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM first → what's the actual issue? (don't start by picking a pattern)
✓ Identify what you NEED → flexibility? decoupling? extensibility? simpler creation?
✓ Then ask: does a pattern address THIS problem well? (or is a simple solution better?)
→ problem-first, not pattern-first → avoid forcing patterns
Yhdistä mallit ongelmiin
Recognize which patterns fit which problems:
→ need ONE instance? → Singleton (or DI/module — consider alternatives)
→ decouple object creation? → Factory; complex construction? → Builder
→ swappable algorithms / eliminate conditionals? → Strategy
→ notify many of changes? → Observer; add behavior by wrapping? → Decorator
→ incompatible interfaces? → Adapter; simplify a subsystem? → Facade
→ undo/queue actions? → Command; control access? → Proxy
→ know the patterns' INTENT (the problem each solves) to recognize the fit
