Denver Sky Park

The tutorial helps the attendee appreciate patterns as a literary form in the broader context of a pattern culture that has emerged over the past 6 years. Specifically, the attendees will learn key aspects of the pattern value system:

• How to recognize traits of well-written patterns
• How to improve their pattern-writing skills
• What to look for when reading and applying patterns
  (though there will not be strong focus on pattern application)
• Several popular pattern forms
• Pattern vocabulary
• The Writer's Workshop review format

Attendee Background: A basic software design background is helpful, but not necessary, to fully benefit from the workshop. We encourage attendance by individuals with diverse backgrounds, including (especially!) areas outside computer science.

Jim Coplien is a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories in Naperville, Illinois. He is the author of the "Software Patterns" management briefing and co-editor of several pattern books.

Richard Gabriel is author of "Patterns of Software," and holds an MFA in Poetry from Warren Wilson College. He is well-known in the pattern community for introducing the writers' workshop format for pattern review.

Christa Schwanninger is a software engineer at Siemens Corporate Technology in Munich where she works on distributed applications. She has done pioneering work in patterns for compiler construction and language design.

Honna Segel works for Nortel Networks in the development of advanced services. She has both used and developed various apsects of object-oriented technology and has led workshops at OOPSLA in domain analysis and framework development.