When a design pattern is commonly used but is ineffective and/or counterproductive, the design pattern is known as an anti-pattern. One might argue that Double-checked locking as used in JDK 1.4 ...

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SOA has matured enough now that nearly a hundred design patterns have emerged to help you make a transition to service-orientation. This gentle introduction to design patterns can guide you into ...

Proper use of design patterns in software development allows you to exploit previous experience with proven arrangements of objects, greatly increasing the efficiency of the coding process. Apply ...

Stencil Type, a new book by design gurus Steven Heller and Louise Fili, compiles 60 years of this universal typographic style with photos from around the world.

While using a stencil should make solder paste application onto PCBs a simple affair, there are a number of “gotchas” that make it more art than science. Luckily, there are tools you can build ...

How design can manipulate and coerce you into doing what websites want. ... This is an example of a dark pattern: design that manipulates or heavily influences users to make certain choices.