There I was, sitting at my desk. I happen to look over at my bookshelf which holds a paltry assortment of programming books that I have picked up over the years. I saw a book that I know I’ve seen hundreds of times before, but then I think “have I ever read that book?” It’s a book about object oriented techniques for PHP.

I thumbed through the chapters and came to rest on chapter 7 which is about design patterns. WOW! I know how object oriented programming works, and I can make it do some cool things, but these patterns that the book points out opened up a nice new world for me.

Immediately I began working some of those designs into my code and already I can feel my code become more modular, reusable, and easier to manage. It’s like a bumpy slide that finally begins to smooth out.

Moral of the story: read the books that you buy…