Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture For Dummies

Dedication

For Karen

Author's Acknowledgments

First, and most important, I want to acknowledge the authors of Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture: A System of Patterns (Wiley): Frank Buschmann, Regine Meunier, Hans Rohnert, Peter Sommerlad, and Michael Stal. Peter also has been helpful with questions about modern C++ and the software architecture classroom.

Many other people answered questions, reviewed sections, or generally consulted with me while I was writing this book. Thanks to Ademar Aguiar, Omar Aldawud, Dan Bergen, Filipe Correia, Chuck Corwin, Jerry Dzeidzic, Christoph Fehling, Becky Fletcher, Brian Foote, Karen Hanmer, Kenji Hiranabe, Lise Hvatum, Satomi Joba, Dr. Ralph Johnson, Capt. U.S. Navy (Ret.) Will H. Jordan, Steven P. Karas, Allan Kelley, Christian Kohls, Christian Koppe, John Krallman, John Letourneau, Steffen Macke, Dennis Mancl, Jyothish Maniyath, Veena Mendiratta, Pedro Monteiro, Karl Rehmer, Linda Rising, Hans Rudin, Eugene Wallingford, Michael Weiss, and Joe Yoder.

Thanks to the members of my writers' workshop group at PLoP 2011 who held a workshop on parts of this book: Dr. Tanya L. Crenshaw, Andre Hauge, Jiwon Kim, Alexander Nowak, Rick Rodin, YoungSu Son, and Hironori Washizaki.

The Real-World Example sidebars in the pattern chapters are based on a workshop at the 1998 OOPSLA conference. It was organized by Michael Duell, Linda Rising, Peter Sommerlad, and Michael Stal. Russ Frame, Kandi Frasier, Rik Smoody, and Jun'ichi Suzuki participated in the ...