Attend a Pattern Conference
Several conferences exist to review or discuss patterns, including the Pattern Languages of Programming (PLoP) series (see Chapter 5), which is held in the United States every year. After a couple years of PLoP, a group from Europe created the EuroPLoP conference, which is held each year in Germany. Many other conferences have followed. These conferences are usually geared toward reviewing patterns to help make them better.
Reading a variety of patterns and participating in a discussion of how to make them better is a great way to become exposed to and to learn many different concepts. Information about these patterns and when they are next going to be held is available at www.hillside.net/conferences.
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