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How Should We Teach Design Patterns?
Design patterns are a key to productive "refactoring", an Agile practice that keeps applications stable and maintainable, and a central aspect of Agile methodologies like XP. The 5th "Killer Examples" for Design Patterns and Objects workshop will take place at OOPSLA2006 in October, and will be looking at how to teach design patterns - apparently existing materials can be challenging for novices.
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"Agile Practice" Patterns Wiki is Up
At XP2006, Amr Elssamadisy announced a new wiki site for collecting Agile Practice Patterns. Well, it's up and ready to go, already loaded with patterns from ChiliPlop 2006 and XP 2006 conferences.
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InfoQ Article: SOA anti-patterns
SOA Expert Steve Jones from CapGemini provides a hands on look at SOA Antipatterns and a list of ways your SOA project can go wrong. This list includes signs that these problems are cropping up as well as what to do when you see them happening.
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Book: Java Transaction Design Strategies Published
InfoQ's first book, Java Transaction Design Strategies has been published! The book is available for free download and the published print version is available for $22.95. Written by IBM architect and nofluff speaker Mark Richards, the book is one of the very few works on transactions, and definitely one of the most practical.
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SOA "Soft Landing"
Is SOA a bubble? How will new emerging technologies fit in to the SOA picture? Are we due for an SOA bubble bursting, or a "soft landing" for SOA?