When a design pattern is commonly used but is ineffective and/or counterproductive, the design pattern is known as an anti-pattern. One might argue that Double-checked locking as used in JDK 1.4 ...

Design patterns provide proven solutions to real world problems faced in software designs. The Repository pattern is used to decouple the business logic and the data access layers in your application.

The book identifies 85 SOA design patterns which have been developed and thoroughly vetted to ensure that a service-oriented architecture does achieve the flexibility and loose coupling promised.

When Design Patterns Are Evil. 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 ...

Interiors get a life through the interaction of texture and design, which produces a sensory-rich symphony that appeals to ...

But this pattern is more than another passing trend in the Instagram algorithm. Long before any of this had ever occurred, I was introduced to the checkered way of life in my childhood home.

How I Use Nature's Patterns to Optimize Garden Design. Patterns help us find efficiencies—to see the path of least resistance—and learn from nature what works best.