The Policy Bridge Design Pattern
Description : Matthieu Gilson offers some thoughts on using a policy based mechanism to build efficient classes from loosely coupled components.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #79 - Jun 2007 ]

Software Product Line Engineering with Feature Models

Category: [ Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #78 - Apr 2007 ]

A Perspective on Use of Conditional Statements versus Assertions
Description : Simon Sebright offers us the benefit of his experience.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #78 - Apr 2007 ]

Design in Test-Driven Development
Description : With its roots in Japanese just-in-time manufacturing, Test-Driven Development (TDD) puts the traditional development process on its head. Adam Petersen discusses when to use TDD, how to use it successfully, and its use in up-front design.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #78 - Apr 2007 ]

C++ Unit Test Frameworks
Description : There are many Unit Testing frameworks for C++, but which one to use? Chris Main shares his experience of some of them.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #78 - Apr 2007 ]

A Practical Form of OO Layering

Category: [ Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #78 - Apr 2007 ]

Programming - Abstraction by Design
Description : Nigel Eke acts as a guide to aspect oriented programming using AspectJ as an example.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #77 - Feb 2007 ]

Exceptional Design
Description : Hubert Matthews discusses some ways to design programs to use exceptions.
Category: [ Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #77 - Feb 2007 ]

The Singleton in C++ - A force for good?
Description : Alexander Nasonov addresses some problems that arise when using Singleton in C++.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #76 - Dec 2006 ]

C++ Interface Classes - Strengthening Encapsulation
Description : Mark looks at the separation of interface and implementation in C++, and how the separation helps to strengthen encapsulation.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #76 - Dec 2006 ]

The Rise and Fall of Singleton Threaded
Description : Steve Love explores how 'Singletons' in design can seem a good idea at the time, why they are generally a mistake, and what to do if you have them.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #73 - Jun 2006 ]

Test Driven Development of C# User Interfaces
Description :

In my last article I discussed the values in the Agile Manifesto and what they mean to mean. There are many practices that can be used to make yourself more agile. Short iterations, the planning game, pair programming, and refactoring are a few of the practices present in eXtreme programming. The practice of most value to me, and the practice that many recommend to use as a starting point, is Test Driven Development - TDD.

Category: [ Design of applications and programs | CVu Journal Vol 17, #6 - Dec 2005 ]

Debuggers Should Go Backwards
Description :

The computer science community has shown a woeful lack of interest in debugging, which given the huge economic cost of debugging is somewhat mysterious. However, there may be signs of "green shoots" in the desert landscape of debugging tools.

Category: [ Design of applications and programs | CVu Journal Vol 17, #6 - Dec 2005 ]

Cryptographic Mistakes Made in Programming

Category: [ Design of applications and programs | CVu Journal Vol 17, #6 - Dec 2005 ]

A Reflection on Defensive Programming

Category: [ Design of applications and programs | CVu Journal Vol 17, #6 - Dec 2005 ]

Patterns in C - Part 5: REACTOR
Description :

This final part of the series will step outside the domain of standard C and investigate a pattern for event-driven applications. The REACTOR pattern decouples different responsibilities and allows applications to demultiplex and dispatch events from potentially many clients.

Category: [ Design of applications and programs | CVu Journal Vol 17, #5 - Oct 2005 ]

Vorsprung Durch Testing

Category: [ Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #69 - Oct 2005 ]

Patterns in C - Part 4: OBSERVER
Description :

This part of the series will highlight another principle for dependency management and illustrate how both of these principles may be realized in C using the OBSERVER pattern.

Category: [ Design of applications and programs | CVu Journal Vol 17, #4 - Aug 2005 ]

Patterns in C - Part 3: Strategy
Description :

This part of the series will investigate a design pattern that adds flexibility to common software entities by letting clients customize and extend them without modifying existing code.

Category: [ Design of applications and programs | CVu Journal Vol 17, #3 - Jun 2005 ]