Jamie’s Weblog

I was implementing the Strategy pattern presented here to avoid the limitations of Single-Type Inheritance but I wanted to implement some conditional validations based on the type:

If it’s a “MonthDay-based” recurring event (e.g. 23rd of every month), then the monthday field must be present
If it’s a “Date-based” recurring event (e.g. 1st August, repeating every year), [...]

I previously used an Excel spreadsheet to budget my quarterly student stipend and ensure that rent was paid, known expenses were accounted for and Visa cards paid off. This worked reasonably well but marriage and moving back to Ireland has made the personal finances a little more complicated: We each get paid at different [...]