http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/ Implementation Patterns Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:44:15 GMT Kent Beck http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/13 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/13 Dear Sudarshan, Thank you for the question. The key skill is being able to quickly shift perspective between the sending object, each of the receiving objects, Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:47:55 GMT Kent Beck http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/12 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/12 All, InfoQ has published a video interview with me about Implementation Patterns: http://www.infoq.com/interviews/beck-implementation-patterns Enjoy, Kent Beck Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:58:18 GMT Kent Beck http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/11 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/11 All, I am participating in a discussion of Implementation Patterns on Java Ranch this week. Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:48:48 GMT Michael Hunger http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/10 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/10 This is an internal DSL embedded in Java using Method Chaining and Grammar interfaces. Please see Martins Fowler DSL-Book (Work In Progress) at: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:58:58 GMT ironwaist29 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/9 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/9 First all I just finished reading IP and I loved it a great book focussing on things that are truly important. I have a question about a style of coding I Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:39:16 GMT Kent Beck http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/8 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/8 Dear Michael, During a visit from two programmers here, I stressed the importance of telling stories with each test. Also, well-written code tells a story, Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:23:19 GMT Michael Hunger http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/7 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/7 Kent, In the XP book you continuously use metaphors to describe the ideas behind the values, principles and practices and derive lots of insight from there. Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:17:04 GMT Kent Beck http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/6 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/6 Michael, I just call it "style", as in, "To do this XP-style, you would..." Regards, Kent Beck Three Rivers Institute _____ From: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:42:25 GMT Michael Hunger http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/5 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/5 Kent, clever :). Yes I understand it, it was only confusing that outside the book the Java language was not mentioned. But it is focused of communicating its Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:30:13 GMT Kent Beck http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/4 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/4 Michael, My intention was that Implementation Patterns use Java in the same way that Design Patterns used C++. The whole value system and most of the patterns Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:27:43 GMT Michael Hunger http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/3 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/3 Dear Kent & list members, after getting IP last tuesday, reading and rereading it over the last couple of days I feel now fit to comment on it. First of all I Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:32:44 GMT Kent Beck http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/2 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/2 All, Thank you all for your help in reviewing Implementation Patterns. If you haven't received your complimentary copy please let me know. I would like to Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:59:00 GMT steve_metsker http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/1 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/implementationpatterns/message/1 Can someone (presumably the author) fill in the blank: "By reading the book 'Implementation Patterns', the reader will ____". In other words, what is the goal