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The job of the EJB developer is constantly challenging, making the task of designing maintainable and scalable systems difficult without a clear set of best practices to follow. It is with this and ...

The 1994 book Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software introduced many software developers to the concept of “a catalog of simple and succinct solutions to commonly occurring ...

Daniel Jacobson (Twitter | LinkedIn), is currently director of engineering for the Netflix API. Prior to Netflix, Daniel ran application development for NPR where, among other things, he created the ...

We discuss some of the most common design patterns in Java and how they can help you solve common coding issues. Learn more. A design pattern is a well-established and documented solution to a common ...

Get an overview of design patterns, then use what you've learned to evaluate whether the Composite pattern is a good choice for a particular Java use case Numerous strategies have been devised to ...

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 becoming some type of sadistic ...