Adapter Pattern
Imagine you're building a bookshelf, but some of the components come from different manufacturers. The screws might not quite fit, or the holes might be drilled at slightly different angles.
Design Patterns
Here I'll be making a series of posts about different design patterns. They're useful for solving certain programming problems in aims at simplifying certain solutions and to reduce code duplication. I'll be giving simple examples of how and why someone might want to use one patter over another.