If a Design Pattern gives you a general solution to a recurring problem in a particular context, then what does an anti-pattern give you? An Anti-Pattern tells you how to go from a problem to a BAD solution.
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Antipattern
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10 translations across 8 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- antisuunnittelumalli noun (a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice)
German
2 entries- Anti-Pattern noun (a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice)
- Antimuster noun (a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice)
Hungarian
2 entries- antiminta noun (a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice)
- ellenminta noun (a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice)
Japanese
1 entries- アンチパターン noun (a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice)
Polish
1 entries- antywzorzec noun (a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice)
Portuguese
1 entries- antipadrão noun (a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice)
Russian
1 entries- антипатте́рн noun (a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice)
Swedish
1 entries- antimönster noun (a design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice)
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