David Geary’s series is a masterful introduction to many of the Gang of Four patterns in Java code. Design Patterns is canonical reading for software developers, but many new programmers are ...

Design patterns are proven techniques for implementing robust, malleable, reusable, and extensible object-oriented software. To launch his Java Design Patterns column, David Geary introduces ...

When Design Patterns Are Evil. Have you ever been on a project in which all of your team members have just gone through an intense week of design pattern training? It's painful, as the project ends up ...