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Methods for applying patterns

 
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Hey everybody and of course: Welcome Mr. Barbin!
since I was starting my programming degree in 2007 I have been learning the basics about design patterns - from Decorator to MVC. Since then I always found it hard to find methods to apply them. The few books I read about them (e.g. Heads First Design Patterns) showed nice examples, but how will I notice to apply pattern XY in MY software? I miss some methods/tools which help me notice these situations, rather than abstract descriptions of patterns. Has anyone an idea?

At Mr. Barbin: You have experience in the software area for about 18 years. From your smashwords biography I can see you are in consulting. I'd like to know, at which point in your career did you make your decision to move to consulting.

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Bernhard Goetz
 
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Hi Bernhard,

To answer your question, my consulting experience started (and continued) in different periods of my career.

After spending 5-7 years in programming, I've worked for a consulting company where I was an Analyst/Developer making OO designs using UML (no Agile yet).

When web services and Agile came, I went hands-on again. At the same time, I focused on architecture and went on to certify for Java Enterprise Architect.

For the last 2-3 years, I've been doing architecting/consulting/coding. I never left coding -- it's my way of keeping my feet on the ground

Thanks for your question.
 
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