Design patterns can speed up the development process by providing tested, proven development paradigms, solving issues that might not become visible until later in the development process. In this course, Design Patterns in C++: Structural - Adapter to Decorator, you'll learn to use four of these design patterns. First, you'll explore the motivation - when to use each of these patterns. Next, you'll discover the benefits of using the different patterns. Finally, you'll learn how to implement each pattern using C++. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of how to implement each pattern when developing software needed to be future proof, extendible and usable.