Like to send out a thanks to Dave Shuck (http://daveshuck.instantspot.com/blog/) for his presentation tonight on the Strategy Pattern. Last month Dave suggested that each month someone present on the next chapter in the Head First Design Patterns book. However, since the book is geared toward Java developers, change it up and give the presentation a ColdFusion flair. So this is what he did.

The coolest part consisted of dividing the group into two teams to draw a basic model diagram of a particular business problem. From there he introduced the Strategy pattern and demonstrated how to apply this to our business problem. The interactive forum was particularly effective in my opinion.

So tune in next month as I will be presenting on the Observer Pattern, and will quite possibly follow a similar format. Oh, and show up! Free food is never a bad thing (hey, we had KFC baby)!

Happy coding.