IT'S CERTAINLY TRUE that building distributed systems is a difficult business. This is due to the inherent and accidental complexity of both the design and implementation of networked software ...

Structured software is based on a plan that considers the specific requirements of a system and translates them into loosely coupled components. In collaborative software development, development ...

Software engineering continues to evolve as developers face increasingly complex systems and user requirements. Among the foundational elements that guide elegant solutions to recurring problems, ...

Whenever an activity occurs in repetition, such as programming, patterns emerge and can be documented. The benefits of documenting and using software design patterns are well established, as are some ...