Some of the tools you use in building applications also apply as you build out your services. The Single Responsibility Principle (SRP), for example, makes as much sense at the service level as it ...

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The job of the EJB developer is constantly challenging, making the task of designing maintainable and scalable systems difficult without a clear set of best practices to follow. It is with this and ...

Many organizations' efforts to move to SOA have been mired by organizational issues, by conflicting vendor messages, and by architectures that may amount to little more than Just a Bunch of Web ...

In Part 1 of this series, Eric Vogel walks you through a software design pattern that is commonly used to handle UI interactions. The command pattern is a common software design pattern that allows ...

Design patterns are used as a solution to recurring problems in your applications, and the Repository pattern is one of the most widely used design patterns. It will persist your objects sans the need ...

Learn the potential pitfalls of using the repository pattern, including adding an extra layer of abstraction when it's not needed in your software designs Design patterns provide proven solutions to ...