Top 100 patterns: Building from a nascent catalog
My respect for Grady Booch has grown over the past few days, as I’ve investigated the idea of building a…
Top 100 patterns: how to pick the list
In my previous posts, I suggested that we should create a list of the top 100 patterns that every developer…
Why create a list of the top 100 patterns?
I posted a blog entry about creating a list of the top 100 patterns that every developer should know, and…
What are the top 100 patterns that every developer must know?
It has been 10 years since the seminal publication of the Gang-of-Four Design Patterns book. Since then, at least a…
The minimum amount of architecture needed for Test Driven Design
My good friend Malcolm posted a response to my IFaP article and asked, in essence, “what is the minimum amount…
IFaP : Middle Out Architecture
There is some discussion these days about “middle out” architecture. The key idea in “middle out” is that it is…
The best employee I ever had
I was deep in the mix during the dot-com bubble. It was one heckuva ride. In the early days, it…
A case study in breaking up a tightly coupled integration
About 15 years ago, Microsoft upgraded their internal system that manages the list of unique product offerings: our product catalog. …
Managing the bindings from systems to EAI infrastructure
Every system is responsible for publishing its own events. I hold that as a core requirement of participating in an…