Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 5, On Patterns and Pattern Languages

* Software patterns have revolutionized the way developers thinkabout how software is designed, built, and documented, and thisunique book offers an in-depth look of what patterns are, what theyare not, and how to use them successfully * The only book to attempt to develop a comprehensive languagethat integrates patterns from key literature, it also serves as areference manual for all pattern-oriented software architecture(POSA) patterns * Addresses the question of what a pattern language is andcompares various pattern paradigms * Developers and programmers operating in an object-orientedenvironment will find this book to be an invaluable resource