This document discusses various design patterns used in PHP and Joomla, including examples of how they are implemented. It covers creational patterns like factories, structural patterns like MVC and observer, and behavioral patterns. It also discusses anti-patterns to avoid. Joomla's auto-loading and class registration via JLoader is explained as helping performance and simplicity over require statements. Examples are given of how patterns like observer, MVC and strategy are combined in Joomla.