The Singleton Design Pattern (With C++ Example)
This video shows everything you need to get started with a very basic Singleton architectural design pattern in computer programming. Private constructors, static member variables, and so much more! The first part of the demonstration is language agnostic (somewhat), and the specific example uses C++ and lazy initialization.
Bradley Sward is currently an Associate Professor at the College of DuPage in suburban Chicago, Illinois. He has earned a Masters degree in Software Engineering from DePaul University, a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Springfield, and two Bachelors degrees in Computer Science and Molecular Biology from Benedictine University. Prior to teaching, Bradley worked for five years in the field of casino gaming on a variety of video slot machine and poker games. The Village People have been permanently etched into his brain.