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Java Hibernate Basics Getting Started with Hibernate The Builder Design Pattern

Benjamin Orimoloye
Benjamin Orimoloye
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Posted by Benjamin Orimoloye
Benjamin Orimoloye
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What is the point of the "Builder" whatever?

I felt like he was speaking Latin throughout this video. What's the point of the builder. What other way would the class have been coded?

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Alexander Nikiforov
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Alexander Nikiforov
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It is one of so-called Design Patterns, roughly saying Best Practices to build software.

There is an awesome course about, called Design Patterns.

Check it out if you want to know more.

Builder is one of the patterns.

Benjamin Orimoloye
Benjamin Orimoloye
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Benjamin Orimoloye
Benjamin Orimoloye
23,328 Points

Thanks a lot! That really helped me