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This is the start of a new and ongoing series in which I will address topics that are debatable within the IT industry. I will then attempt…

The Decorator Pattern is a Structural Design Pattern that can be used as a flexible alternative to inheritance to add responsibility at…

This is the start of a series of blog posts on building Java-based apps following the 12 factor best practices. I have a number of reasons…

The Builder Design Pattern is another one of the GOF creational design patterns. This pattern can be used to simplify the way that complex…

The Factory Method Design pattern is one the GOF creational design patterns. If I was to summarize what this is in as simple terms as…

This is the first post in a series on the SOLID design principles for object oriented programming. The acronym SOLID represents five…