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C# Design Patterns: Rules Engine Pattern

This course will teach you to apply simple rules engines to problems involving excess conditional complexity.

Steve Smith - Pluralsight course - C# Design Patterns: Rules Engine Pattern
by Steve Smith
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Design Patterns are like individual tools you can add to your toolkit as a software developer. In this course, C# Design Patterns: Rules Pattern, you’ll learn to build and use a simple rules engine. First, you’ll explore examples of problems and code smells that may benefit from applying rules. Next, you’ll discover how to build a simple rules engine. Finally, you’ll learn how to apply the engine in real application code and extend the application with new functionality. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of the rules engine pattern needed to apply it in your own applications.

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Steve Smith - Pluralsight course - C# Design Patterns: Rules Engine Pattern
Steve Smith

Steve Smith (@ardalis) is an entrepreneur and software developer with a passion for building quality software as effectively as possible.

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