Seen that? - Design Patterns versus Design Principles

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Design Patterns versus Design Principles Java Entrepreneur

Tinou Bao and I met while working on a project a few years back. During that time I found him to be one of the best developers I had, and still have, ever met. Anyway, Tinou has an interesting post on his weblog titled Design Patterns versus Design Principles and I thought I'd cover it here. In the article he is frustrated at the lack of real understanding job candidates have [...] Read More


Design with the JSF architecture Java Entrepreneur

IBM developerworks has a new article on the subject of JavaServer faces by Anand Prakash Joshi. It is entitled Design with the JSF architecture: Exploring design patterns used in the JavaServer Faces framework.In this article, author Anand Joshi explains the JavaServer� Faces (JSF) architecture using design patterns in the JSF framework. He discusses Gang of Four design patterns employed in the JSF architecture, and how they work within the JSF [...] Read More


Stay Positive In Design Meetings Java Entrepreneur

Just the other day I had the opportunity to attend a design meeting. It was one of the first design meetings to take place for this specific project. The group of bright eyed excited people around the table were in that mindset where everything is possible. However, I was not in that positive happy-go-lucky mindset and it was a bad idea for me to take part in the meeting. However, [...] Read More


Consumer patterns in crunch Sox First

We are seeing some interesting patterns with mcdonalds announcing strong results despite the downturn. Forbes has gone so far as to suggest it's all because of McDonalds' "recession-proof menu" but the picture is more complicated than that.As a rule, discretionary spending tends to be the first thing to go in a downturn but the problem is that discretionary spending means different things to different people. Furthermore, some are still spending [...] Read More


Changing Cupboard The Gadgets Weblog

Take a look at this cupboard. Do you find the pattern ugly? Well, you can change that. Simply program what pattern you want and watch it change like a rotating billboard. Front Design call this a Changing Cupboard, but I tend to think of my cupboard as something over my counters. There is some footage of it in action on YouTube, but nothing shows it opening and putting food in [...] Read More