A design pattern is a well-established and documented solution to a common software problem. You can think of them as best practices used by knowledgeable and experienced software developers.

This time we’ll introduce the concept of design patterns and explore the benefits they provide. Two very proven design patterns are the decorator and the proxy pattern. They both delegate ...

The Observable design pattern is used in many important Java APIs. One well-known example is a JButton that uses the ActionListener API to execute an action. In this example, we have an ...

EJB Design Patterns goes beyond high-level design pattern descriptions into critical EJB-specific implementation issues, illustrated with source code implementations. The book contains a catalog of ...

Microsoft, which has long crowed "we use more Java than one can imagine," has been busy improving related tooling and functionality, yesterday introducing the "Reliable Web App Pattern for Java" among ...

In this Java code challenge, you’ll learn about the Command design pattern and see several examples of the pattern in practice. I will also discuss how the Command pattern implements two core ...

The model-view-controller design pattern is pervasive throughout the industry. From JavaScript frameworks like Angular, to Java standards like Spring MVC, an MVC-based approach is a proven strategy ...

Having introduced its Modern Web Application (MWA) pattern for Java developers late last year, Microsoft is now promoting the cloud-centric concept further by highlighting the benefits of the ...