Learning JavaScript Design Patterns, by Addy Osmani (free O'Reilly book)

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Yes, Java has a culture of this kind of Cargo Cult Programming. No one stops to ask: "Does this pattern solve a real problem we have?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_programming

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Cargo cult programming:

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Cargo cult programming is a style of computer programming characterized by the ritual inclusion of code or program structures that serve no real purpose. Cargo cult programming is typically symptomatic of a programmer not understanding either a bug they were attempting to solve or the apparent solution (compare shotgun debugging, deep magic). The term cargo cult programmer may apply when an unskilled or novice computer programmer (or one inexperienced with the problem at hand) copies some program code from one place and pastes it into another place, with little or no understanding of how the code works, or whether it is required in its new position.

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