Why I Don't Like Singletons
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📚 CHAPTERS
0:00 - Comments and the Community
3:41 - The Comment
4:52 - Singletons and Context
8:47 - Lazy Loading
10:35 - Why are singletons "bad"?
15:51 - Having a "global variable" is "better"
16:23 - Reviewing Meyers' Singleton
19:38 - Improving our singleton to make shutdown explicit
21:11 - Not storing our instance in static storage
22:56 - Removing lazy loading to make initialization explicit
23:47 - The "global" situation - my solution
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Comments and the Community
3:41
The Comment
4:52
Singletons and Context
8:47
Lazy Loading
10:35
Why are singletons "bad"?
15:51
Having a "global variable" is "better"
16:23
Reviewing Meyers' Singleton
19:38
Improving our singleton to make shutdown explicit
21:11
Not storing our instance in static storage
22:56
Removing lazy loading to make initialization explicit
23:47
The "global" situation - my solution
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