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Software design pattern based on an event-updated object with a list of dependents

In software design and software engineering, the observer pattern is a software design pattern in which an object, called the subject, maintains a list of its dependents, called observers, and automatically notifies them of any state changes, typically by calling one of their methods. The subject knows its observers through a standardized interface and manages the subscription list directly. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Observer patternA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: The observer effect in the double-slit experiment: the role of experimental parameters in forming the interference patternInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Dynamical visionThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Observer-Pattern Modeling and Nonlinear Modal Analysis of Two-Stage Boost InverterCited 23 times
  5. Go sideways: Mediator patternA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Proxy patternA closely related topic

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