23.11. Further Readings
Design Patterns by Gamma, Helm, Johnson, and Vlissides is the seminal patterns text, and essential reading for all object designers.
Each year there is a “Pattern Languages of Programs” (PLOP) conference, from which is published an annual compendium of patterns, in the series Pattern Languages of Program Design, volumes 1, 2, and so forth. The entire series is recommended.
Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, volumes 1 and 2, furthered the discussion of patterns to larger-scale architectural concerns. Volume 1 presented a taxonomy of patterns.
There are hundreds of published patterns. The Pattern Almanac by Rising summarizes a respectable percentage of them.
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