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PLoP
Pattern Languages of Programs, People, and Practices (PLoP®) is the premier conference for pattern authors and users to gather, discuss and learn more about patterns. To achieve this, the conference promotes the use of patterns and pattern languages, as well as the underlying theory of the nature of order. PLoP 2024 will be held October 13-16, 2024. Visit the PLoP Official Site,
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The Hillside Mission
The mission of the Hillside Group is to improve the quality of life and society as a whole. This includes architects, developers, managers, owners, workers, educators, students, and more. Understanding and helping the human element is critical for achieving success. The Hillside Group believes in making processes and design more humane by paying attention to real people and existing practices.
The Hillside Group promotes the use of patterns and pattern languages to record, analyze, and share knowledge to help achieve its mission. The Hillside Group sponsors a variety of activities to achieve this mission—organizing workshops, hosting PLoP (pattern) conferences, and producing publications for discussing, recording, and documenting successful practices.
The Hillside Group supports many different conferences such as: PLoP, EuroPLoP, AsianPLoP, VikingPLoP, SugarLoafPLoP, and ChiliPLoP. These conferences focus on writing groups to better improve patterns through group exposure. Each conference offers advanced topics for the more adept pattern writers. Participants have the opportunity to refine and extend their patterns with help from knowledgeable and sympathetic patterns enthusiasts.
Pattern Books
The Design Patterns Book Series showcases many patterns from PLoP conferences and leading experts in the patterns field.
See our Pattern Book Library filled with over 80 Pattern related books.
Patterns Resources
- Pattern Definition
A pattern language defines a consists of patterns and the rules with sequences to combine them.
- Patterns Catalog
A collection of pattern resources on the web. Sign up for an account to add your own.
- Tools for Writing Patterns
Pattern writing tools include example code and pattern writing templates.
- PLoP Conference Proceedings
Past conference proceedings from the PLoP conferences.
PLoP Conferences
Conferences
We have compiled our collected PLoP experiences into a series named How to Run PLoP
The Hillside Group Sponsors many different conferences such as: PLoP, EuroPLoP, AsianPLoP, ScrumPLoP, VikingPLoP, SugarLoafPLoP, and ChiliPLoP. These conferences focus on writing groups to better improve patterns through group exposure. Each conference offers advanced topics for the more adept pattern writers. Participants have the opportunity to refine and extend their patterns with help from knowledgeable and sympathetic patterns enthusiasts.
The Nordic Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs
Sagadi Manor, Estonia
VikingPLoP is a conference in the tradition of the PLoP conferences, held in different places in northern Europe; that's what the Vikings did -- they were always moving to new territory!
The conference program contains writer’s workshops for submitted pattern papers, focus groups, and other activities. The conference provides participants with the opportunity to share their experiences about patterns and software. As with the PLoP series of conferences, our overall goal is to build a community of patterns' people.
VikingPLoP especially encourages submissions related to embedded systems, however, also other pattern-related topics are very welcome. For examples of patterns from past years, browse the material at the Patterns Homepage.
Any questions regarding this conference can be directed to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
VikingPLoP™
The Nordic Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs
The Latin American Conference
on Pattern Languages of Programs
Software developers have long observed that certain themes recur and endure across different applications and systems. The emerging interest in patterns represents an effort to catalog and communicate these themes and motives to provide handbooks of proven solutions to common problems.
SugarLoafPLoP brings together researchers and practitioners whose interests span a remarkably broad range of topics, who share an interest in exploring the power of the pattern form. SugarLoafPLoP invites you to add your expertise to the growing corpus of patterns. SugarLoafPLoP focuses on improving the expression of patterns. You will have the opportunity to refine and extend your patterns with help from knowledgeable and sympathetic fellow patterns enthusiasts.
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Learn More about SugarLoafPLoP
MetaPLoP is a PLoP-like gathering focused on the specific topic of meta-architectures, adaptive object-models, and reflective systems. The main goal of MetaPLoP is to “mine” the best patterns that have been written about these topics and organize them into a common theme that can tell a great story that we can publish in a focused issue of the TPLoP Journal.
Previous Meta PLoP Conferences
The first Meta PLoP will be held in Portugal June 24th to June 26th, 2011.
- Hillside Fellowship Award
- PLoP Conference Proceedings
- Patterns for API Design
- Pattern Languages of Programing
- Security Patterns in Practice
The Hillside Fellowship Award
The Hillside Fellowship Program was established in 2016 to recognize members of The Hillside Group who have made exceptional contributions to the Hillside community and to the Patterns community at large. The title of Hillside Fellow denotes an outstanding member who has consistently and repeatedly:
- provided excellence in contributions to the patterns body of knowledge
- advanced the arts,
PLoP Conference Proceedings
After the PLoP Workshops, writers are encouraged to modify their papers and submit a final version. The final versions are collected and submitted to the ACM Digital Library. The versions are also available from the conference website.
Conference Proceedings (ACM Digital Library)
Some of the PLoP accepted papers have been published on the ACM Digital Library . The program committee will
… Read MorePatterns for API Design
" Patterns for API Design " by Olaf Zimmermann, Mirko Stocker, Daniel Lubke, Uwe Zdun, and Cesare Pautasso
This book is for any domain, technology, or platform
- Identify and overcome API Challenges
- Size your endpoint types and operations
- Design request and response messages and their representations
- Refine your message design for quality
- Combine patterns to solve real-world problems and make
PLoP™ (Oct 13-16, 2024)
Check out the main PLoP Website for more information and details!!!
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Security Patterns in Practice
Eduardo Fernandez's new book " Security Patterns in Practice: Designing Secure Architectures with Software Patterns " has been published.
It is the result of 14 years of producing security patterns with students and colleagues. Almost all of these patterns went through PLoP, EuroPLoP, AsianPLoP, or SugarLoafPLoP. Many of you have participated as shepherds or workshop commentators, the book owes something to
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