de tomKronieken

I picked up my copy of Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture again. I just finished the first part, which describes the design patterns in relation to each other. The main difference with all the other "pattern" books? Martin Fowler doesn't have the "I know it all so you should listen" attitude, but more the "From my experience, I think this and that is worth considering". And a wide experience he has, so you might very well want to follow his advice. He even has a non-dogmatic view on the EJB story. Very good read. Recommended for everybody who has ever written (or has to write) an application with a Web interface and a database backend (aka "Enterprise application").

The rest of the book goes into the various design patterns in more detail, but without loosing the oversight. It looks very promising. I will be a less dogmatic person in the end (as far as I was one).