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Anti-pattern

An anti-pattern is any common but counterproductive solution to some class of problem. The term, coined in 1995 by Andrew Koenig, was inspired by the book Design Patterns which highlights reliable and effective software development design patterns. Michael Ackroyd described anti-patterns in a paper presented at the 1996 Object World West Conference. The…

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Anti-pattern

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related to Further reading · 43
Anti-pattern → An, Andrew, Anti-Patterns, Antipatterns, April, Auerbach Publications, Brown, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Colin, Hays, Hudson, Identification, Ioannis, ISBN, January, John Wiley, Journal, Koenig, Laplante
see also · 16
Anti-pattern → Capability Immaturity ModelCode, Characteristic, Christensen, Clayton, Deceptive, Degradation, Engineering, Guidelines, IEC, Innovator's Dilemma, List, Peter, Software Life Cycle Profiles, Term, Very Small Entities, VSEs
related to External links · 5
Anti-pattern → Anti-patterns, Media, Wikimedia Commons Anti-pattern, WikiWikiWeb, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to In project management · 2
Anti-pattern → Antipatterns, Project
related to In software engineering · 1
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Anti-patternrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Anti-patternrelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Anti-patternrelated to External linksAnti-patterns0.60section
Anti-patternrelated to External linksWikimedia Commons Anti-pattern0.60section
Anti-patternrelated to External linksWikiWikiWeb0.60section
Anti-patternrelated to Further readingKoenig0.60section
Anti-patternrelated to Further readingAndrew0.60section
Anti-patternrelated to Further readingMarch0.60section
Anti-patternrelated to Further readingApril0.60section
Anti-patternrelated to Further readingPatterns0.60section
Anti-patternrelated to Further readingAntipatterns0.60section
Anti-patternrelated to Further readingJournal0.60section

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