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  • This is all excellent advice for any new programmer. My humble suggestion would be to explain WHY one should avoid using static methods. Consider explaining multi-threading concerns and difficulty in mocking/testing that come along with static methods in order to give a more comprehensive picture. Commented Oct 5, 2015 at 21:30
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    @Nathan true, that would have made my answer more complete, but also more off-topic. So, I decided not to repeat things that have already been eloquently said a thousand times over, and I amended my answer to include a reference to a relevant discussion instead. Commented Oct 5, 2015 at 22:49
  • The only difference between singletons and static methods is that singletons can have constructors that are only called if the object is being used. Commented Oct 6, 2015 at 9:06