Extreme Patterns User

An Extreme Patterns User:

• refactors to Patterns when appropriate
• refactors away from Patterns when something simpler is discovered
• knows and continues to learn a large body of Patterns
• understands how to implement Patterns in both simple and sophisticated ways
• uses Patterns to clean, condense, clarify and simplify code, when appropriate
• shapes designs over time with and without Patterns
• communicates designs using Metaphors and Patterns
• does XP better than those who don't use Patterns

--JoshuaKerievsky