Software patterns are a literary form, designed
to communicate expert knowledge about system
construction. The most useful patterns are
the ones that address structural problems,
and which are carefully written to be readable.
This course teaches pattern-writing skills
in the context of the broader goals and values
of the pattern community. The course mixes
a small amount of lecture with exercises and
small workshops. Attendees do a comparative
analysis of published patterns. On the second
day, participants work in small teams to
write patterns, and participate as an author in
a writer's workshop.
Audience:
People who wish to start or enhance pattern programs at their
companies and academic institutions, as well as those just
wishing to know a bit more about the foundations of patterns.
The focus will be on software but we can accommodate people
from a wide variety of intellectual and artistic endeavors.
NOTE: We can accommodate an arbitrarily large audience with
enough advance notice. In addition to the two primary instructors,
we can draw on a pool of renowned instructors who have given this
course before to arrange that there be one instructor per eight
students. People who have taught this course before include
Lise Hvatum, Norm Kerth, Richard Gabriel, Frank Buschmann, Liping
Zhao, Martine Devos, Robert Hanmer, Luke Hohmann, and others.
Required experience:
None
Presenter's profile:
Jim Coplien is a Distinguished Member
of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories
in Naperville, Illinois. He is the author
of the "Software Patterns" management
briefing and co-editor of several pattern books.
Christa Schwanninger is a software engineer at
Siemens Corporate Technology in Munich where
she works on distributed applications. She
has done pioneering work in patterns for
compiler construction and language design.