Facade pattern is a structural design pattern that provides a simplified interface to a library, a framework, or any other complex set of classes. It's like putting a pretty storefront on a crappy strip mall - the facade makes it easier to use the complex bits behind the scenes without having to deal with all the gory details.

How to use it in a sentence

• "I was going to spend all day untangling the spaghetti code in our legacy system, but then I remembered the Facade pattern and just slapped a new interface on it. Now it looks like something built in this decade!"

• "Yeah, the new dev on our team kept asking why we were using the Facade pattern everywhere. I told him it's because we're too lazy to refactor all the crap behind it and this keeps the PM off our backs."

If you actually want to learn more...

• Modularizing React Applications with Established UI Patterns: This article explores applying established UI building patterns like the Facade pattern to React applications, showcasing benefits through a refactoring journey code example. Read more

• Organizing Presentation Logic: This narrative overview discusses patterns in user interfaces, including how the Facade pattern can be used to separate domain logic from presentation and synchronize layers of data. Read more

• GUI Architectures: This historical overview of GUI architectures dives into how the Facade pattern relates to Model-View-Controller (MVC) and its evolution through Model-View-Presenter and other forms from different perspectives over the years. Read more

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