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A CommonPatternLanguage of OrganizationalPatterns - This ThoughtsWeaver site is the official repository for the editorial effort to build a CommonPatternLanguage of OrganizationalPatterns that will be published in a forthcoming Prentice - Hall book. Four friends are collaborating as editors on the work: St

A Pattern Language for Relational Databases and Smalltalk - Includes architectural

An HTML 2.0 Pattern Language - A work-in-progress to describe patterns of HTML development.

An Introduction To Process Patterns White Paper - Introduces the concept of process patterns

Arcus Patterns for Business Information Systems - Contains pattern papers on exception handling

Big Ball of Mud - An examination of this most frequently deployed of software architectures. A casually

Chris Ruel's Object Technology Website - Design patterns

Christopher Alexander and Information Systems Failures - A paper that looks at how the work on architectural patterns can be of value to the designers of object-oriented systems

Classic Design Pattern Solutions - A collection of patterns that can be used to describe classic solutions to common object oriented design problems.

Common Ground - A pattern language for designing user interfaces and other artifacts.

Demeter - Information on Adaptive Programming including links

Design Patterns - Started out as a small link collection in 1999

Design Patterns - A collection of design patterns

Design Patterns - Complete and working Java programs with output example shown.

Design Patterns and Pattern Languages - Pattern information and tutorials by Douglas C. Schmidt.

Design Patterns in Dynamic Programming - Tutorial for using classic design patterns

Design Reuse In SE/HCI - Reuse techniques in HCI - Pattern languages For Usability (MVC

Diemen Repository of Interaction Design Patterns - Open source (Wiki) collection and collaboration site focused on creating and extending patterns for screen design

Evolving Frameworks - A pattern language for developing object-oriented frameworks.

Experiences - Article by Todd Coram and Jim Lee. A pattern language that can be used to generate user centered software designs.

Formal And Precise Software Patterns Representation Languages - An annotated bibliography of articles describing research in the formalization of design patterns

Huston Design Patterns - GoF patterns with C++ and Java demos and some other patterns.

Hypermedia Design Patterns Repository - Provides reusable design experience gathered by other designers of hypermedia and Web applications. Includes discussions and papers.

Ideas2work - Collection of design patterns with Java source.

Implementing the Singleton Pattern in Java - An article by Rod Waldhoff with sample source code.

Interaction Design Patterns Page - The

Java Design Patterns - List the most applicable Java design patterns with sample code and explanation. A completely free learning site.

Jim Coplien - One of the most influential people in the patterns field. He has links to important papers and publications.

JUnit Test Patterns in Rational XDE - Describes using how to create patterns for the JUnit eXtreme Programming automated testing framework

Learning Guide To Design Patterns - A learning guide for those who want to learn and use design patterns

Lord Of The Flies - Describes a "going native" organizational pattern for improving software development productivity.

MetaPatterns - Present a new approach to design patterns

Much Ado About Patterns - An article from ACM Crossroads on patterns with special emphasis on design patterns

N400038 - Analysis Patterns

Object-Oriented Pattern Digest - A catalog of object-oriented design

Pattern Depot - Categorized collection of patterns submitted by users.

Pattern Languages of Programs (PLoP) Conference - Information about forthcoming and past PLoP conferences.

Pattern Tools - Tool support for object-oriented (design) patterns.

Patterns and Software: Essential Concepts and Terminology - Comprehensive introduction to patterns by Brad Appleton.

Patterns for Object/Relational Database Access - Contains patterns

Patterns Home Page - This a wonderful resource for all things Patterns (and Anti-Patterns).

Patterns of Enterprise Messaging - Software patterns describing how to achieve Enterprise Integration using Enterprise Messaging (JMS with Java and MSMQ with C

Patterns-discussion FAQ - This is not a FAQ in the usual sense. It contains very brief summaries of topics that have been discussed on the patterns-discussion list

Patterns: A Way to Reuse Expertise - By Linda Rising

Portland Pattern Repository - Very useful pattern information. Includes articles as well as discussions in the form of the WikiWikiWeb.

Smalltalk Patterns - Documentation on patterns associated with Dolphin Smalltalk.

Software Technologies - Design Patterns - Software Design Pattern techniques

Some Notes On Christopher Alexander - A summary of Alexander's contributions to several fields including the use of patterns in programming.

The Design Patterns Toolkit - A toolkit to design applications using design patterns

Unix Shell Patterns - A collection of idioms for Unix shell programming

Visitor Pattern (Dual Dispatch without Multimethods) - Simple example of a problem that the Visitor pattern can solve

Welie.com: Interaction Design Patterns - A collection for various user interfaces. Includes background information and links to other collections.

Why a Duck - An introduction to polymorphism and design patterns