My Question:
What are some good examples of design patterns used in CakePHP?
Why Use CakePHP As My Context
I've been using CakePHP for about a year so I think it's easier for me to think in that context. CakePHP is also rich in design pattern use (I'm confident of that)--I just don't know what patterns are being used other than a few obvious ones.
Example Books I've been Reading On the Subject:
I'm reading the following books which all cover design patterns to one extent or another; unfortunately they mostly use Java and C++ code examples which makes it harder for me to get a grip on the design patterns on a practical level (I'm a PHP developer so its hard for me to absorb it):
"Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture", by Martin Fowler
"Head First Design Patterns", by Gang of Four (Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra & Bert Bates) (2004)
"Design Patterns: Elements of Resuable Object Oriented Software)", by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides)
Examples of Patterns I Can Observe in CakePHP
-I'm guessing the config file uses something akin to the factory pattern
-maybe $this->params is using something related to the observer pattern? I'm not sure on that...
-MVC (obvious! since Cake PHP uses the MVC file structure)
-ORM (another very obvious one)
-Maybe the HTML helper is using the decorator pattern?
Summary
I don't expect anyone to go down the line and identify all the patterns used in CakePHP--I'm just looking for a few examples of design patterns that should be obvious that I'm missing.