Patterns and Principles (Part I) - Getting Started

Design patterns and principles are a fundamental thing in software development. Yet they're can be quite elusive and difficult to get into. As one of my goals with this blog is to further my own knowledge, as well as share it with others, I've wanted to do posts on basic object oriented principles and patterns. I believe that patterns is one of those things you grasp best when actively thinking about them - and thus to improve my own skillset on patterns, writing blog posts and thinking up good examples is a great way to go.