# Design patterns

> It has long been common practice in software design to use libraries of recurring solutions to solve common problems in software design. Such solutions are also called design patterns.

- **Category:** Product / UX
- **Kind:** Tool
- **Host:** ui-patterns.com
- **Destination:** https://ui-patterns.com/patterns
- **Date added:** 2020

This page is part of [Ref Point](https://ref-p.com/index.md), Chris Beltran’s curated library.