Sessions at Software Architect 2011 about Java on Wednesday 19th October

Design patterns do not exist splendid isolation. In the real world patterns overlap one another and interact in complex ways. This class takes a unique approach to teaching patterns by analysing a real computer program in terms of the patterns used to implement it.
We’ll look at how the design patterns are actually used in practice, and see how the strengths and weaknesses of the patterns play off one another. You’ll also get a chance to see how real-world realisations of the patterns can differ from the Gang-of-Four examples and how a given pattern can be implemented in various ways.
The examples are in Java, but C++ and C# programmers should have no problem following along. Some familiarity with the Gang-of-Four patterns is assumed, however (you should, at minimum, be able to identify them by name).