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Tag Archives: patterns
Patterns Article in IEEE Software
My article The Growing Divide in the Patterns World (co-authored with Wojtek Kozaczynski, Ade Miller and Jason Hogg) appeared in the Software Patterns issue of IEEE Software (July/August 2007). Here’s the abstract: Recently Microsoft’s patterns & practices group conducted a … Continue reading
Patterns for Fault Tolerant Software
My fellow Hillsider Robert S. Hanmer has just finished his book on fault tolerant patterns (to be available from John Wiley & Sons, October-November 2007). Here’s the book’s descritiption, in Bob’s words: This book presents proven techniques to achieve highly … Continue reading
Software Patterns Exhibit Positive Network Effects
I’ve just wrapped up work on a patterns article. While doing the analysis with my co-authors (an co-workers) Ade Miller and Wojtek Kozaczynski I wondered about the connection between software patterns and Metcalfe’s Law. By the way, if you’re interested … Continue reading
Software Patterns Survey
In the patterns & practices (p&p) group at Microsoft we have been using software patterns for several years. I’m working with a couple of colleagues on gauging how the folks employing the guidance coming out of p&p (such as guides, … Continue reading
A Pattern Language for Versioning
Global Context: Software Change You are releasing a piece of software (i.e., a software artifact) for others to (re)use as a building block in their software. Reusable code fragments could be delivered as libraries, software components, applications, services, etc. Others … Continue reading
Pattern Languages of Program Design
After a long gestation the fifth volume of Pattern Languages of Program Design (PLoPD) has been published. Myself, Markus and James selected among patterns workshopped at PLoP conferences from 1998 through 2004. We structured the book in six parts. Part … Continue reading
John Vlissides
John Vlissides, one of the Gang of Four, passed away at the end of November. John had made significant contributions to the software patterns community as an author, series editor, speaker, and so on. I first met John at OOPSLA … Continue reading
JAOO 2005 Panel on the Future of Patterns
This year I am speaking at JAOO. On Monday, September 25 I’ll be participating in a panel on the future of patterns with Markus Völter, Frank Buschmann, Kevlin Henney, and Klaus Marquardt. I know everybody on the panel and thus … Continue reading
Patterns Projects in Progress
I assembled a list of current pattern projects for my JAOO talk 10 Years After: Developments and Trends in the Patterns World (available in PDF form from my talk list). Ralph Johnson encouraged me to publish this list so that … Continue reading