Comments on: My favorite pattern http://www.brandonwerner.com/2005/12/31/my-favorite-pattern/ Brandon Werner writes about business, leadership and technology with special emphasis on cloud computing, webservices, scalability, virtualization, architecture, Microsoft Online and other things extending the magic of software to the internet. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:10:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Are we gonna bash Restlet next? at Brandon Werner http://www.brandonwerner.com/2005/12/31/my-favorite-pattern/#comment-55 Are we gonna bash Restlet next? at Brandon Werner Fri, 13 Jan 2006 19:33:09 +0000 http://www.brandonwerner.com/2005/12/31/my-favorite-pattern/#comment-55 [...] This could mean more than just a replacement of course, but an eventual adoption and approval by the JCP. Just like Hibernate and Spring did to EJB persistence and Dependency Injection (killing my favorite asexual pattern, the Singleton), even a change in mind-set or “what is possible” could impact the next round of JCP submissions. In fact, This may already be happening as we speak. [...] [...] This could mean more than just a replacement of course, but an eventual adoption and approval by the JCP. Just like Hibernate and Spring did to EJB persistence and Dependency Injection (killing my favorite asexual pattern, the Singleton), even a change in mind-set or “what is possible” could impact the next round of JCP submissions. In fact, This may already be happening as we speak. [...]

]]> By: Brandon Werner http://www.brandonwerner.com/2005/12/31/my-favorite-pattern/#comment-54 Brandon Werner Sun, 01 Jan 2006 07:18:57 +0000 http://www.brandonwerner.com/2005/12/31/my-favorite-pattern/#comment-54 I think dependency injection was a little above and beyond what my friend was looking for at that moment ;-) I think dependency injection was a little above and beyond what my friend was looking for at that moment ;-)

]]> By: fletch http://www.brandonwerner.com/2005/12/31/my-favorite-pattern/#comment-53 fletch Sun, 01 Jan 2006 03:51:33 +0000 http://www.brandonwerner.com/2005/12/31/my-favorite-pattern/#comment-53 nooooooooooooooooooo... singleton is the worst pattern on the planet. look at dependency injection and pretend that singleton was like that vd you picked up in college and don't ever tell anyone about any more. nooooooooooooooooooo… singleton is the worst pattern on the planet. look at dependency injection and pretend that singleton was like that vd you picked up in college and don’t ever tell anyone about any more.

]]> By: Brandon Werner http://www.brandonwerner.com/2005/12/31/my-favorite-pattern/#comment-52 Brandon Werner Sat, 31 Dec 2005 19:05:10 +0000 http://www.brandonwerner.com/2005/12/31/my-favorite-pattern/#comment-52 Oh, I mean the Goethe's Faust in the 1800s where he is saved at the end, not Marlowe's Faustus in the 1600s play where he is damned. Although with singletons it could go either way... Oh, I mean the Goethe’s Faust in the 1800s where he is saved at the end, not Marlowe’s Faustus in the 1600s play where he is damned. Although with singletons it could go either way…

]]> By: Brandon Werner http://www.brandonwerner.com/2005/12/31/my-favorite-pattern/#comment-51 Brandon Werner Sat, 31 Dec 2005 19:02:17 +0000 http://www.brandonwerner.com/2005/12/31/my-favorite-pattern/#comment-51 Yes..yes... the global variable issue. If it were used for anything other than a caching mechanism I would agree. However, looking at the alternatives for this application, I'll accept the Faustian bargin. :-) Yes..yes… the global variable issue. If it were used for anything other than a caching mechanism I would agree. However, looking at the alternatives for this application, I’ll accept the Faustian bargin. :-)

]]> By: Laird Nelson http://www.brandonwerner.com/2005/12/31/my-favorite-pattern/#comment-50 Laird Nelson Sat, 31 Dec 2005 16:39:39 +0000 http://www.brandonwerner.com/2005/12/31/my-favorite-pattern/#comment-50 For some views in the other direction, see http://blogs.msdn.com/scottdensmore/archive/2004/05/25/140827.aspx and http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SingletonsAreEvil. Cheers, Laird For some views in the other direction, see http://blogs.msdn.com/scottdensmore/archive/2004/05/25/140827.aspx and http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SingletonsAreEvil.

Cheers,
Laird

]]> By: Dan Hinojosa http://www.brandonwerner.com/2005/12/31/my-favorite-pattern/#comment-49 Dan Hinojosa Sat, 31 Dec 2005 09:38:54 +0000 http://www.brandonwerner.com/2005/12/31/my-favorite-pattern/#comment-49 I like the visitor pattern. Very sexy, rarely used. I like the visitor pattern. Very sexy, rarely used.

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