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Æliens

we create software to create an infrastructure for life

so we discover patterns of life

Each pattern is a three part rule, which expresses a relation between a certain context, a problem and a solution.

Each pattern describes a problem which occurs over and over again in our environment and then describes the core of the solution to that problem, in such a way that you can use the solution a million times over.

is software architecture a craft?

or is it politics?

It is a brave architect who, in today's environment, does not develop, or at least consider, an object-oriented design.

 [Practice] p. 10

Software Architecture Revisited

..., ignoring details, plugin architectures indicate what may become the dominant paradigm of the future,

framework-like environments that are extensible by components following a clearly defined pattern or protocol.

that is to say, components created according to the Principles of Object-Oriented Software D evelopment.

P A T T E R N S

• a matter of discovery
• establishing practice
• lazy building

delay commitment