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Learn to Master Patterns
"Though this briefing is the work of a single author, it reflects the work of dozens of individuals. It draws directly on the contributions of many pattern writers and pattern thinkers, which takes the material outside my immediate sphere of thought. In fact, the following pages probably bear more of my colleagues' words than my own; primarily, I provide the arrangement and the glue that ties the pieces together."- James O. Coplien, from Software Patterns
Written by one of the Patterns gurus, this is the definitive Management Briefing on a topic that is rapidly changing how we develop software. It defines the Patterns approach, shows its application relationships in developing software, presents examples of implementations and explores the strengths and weaknesses of the approach.
Although other publications present this new discipline for everyday programmers, this unique Management Briefing explores the depth and breadth of the pattern discipline and its relevance to software. Its brevity and complete, crisp coverage are designed to give you quick mastery of the topic.
Patterns are being adopted across a wide cross-section of professional software development communities. Behind the popular object-oriented patterns defined by the work of Gamma, Helm, Johnson, and Vlissides, a larger community is evolving into a culture with its own vision of software development, the relationship of software developers to their customers, and the relationship between software and the many other disciplines with which it interacts. This Management Briefing explores these broader agendas of the pattern discipline.
June 1996/40 pages/softcover/ISBN 1-884842-50-X/Order # 250X/$85