Wiki Pages About What Are Patterns

A RoadMap of WikiWikiWeb pages that somehow touch on the questions:

: What are patterns?
: What are pattern elements and features?
: What entities are like patterns but aren't patterns?
: What are types and variations of patterns?
: What are types of pattern collections?

(http://c2.com/ppr/wiki/WikiPagesAboutWhatArePatterns/html.zip - fast download of these pages.)

Pattern introduction

PatternsForBeginners - An introduction
SomePatternsQuestionsAnswered - Pattern questions and answers
http://hillside.net/patterns/about/ - About patterns
http://hillside.net/Wiki/ - Hillside Net Wiki

What are patterns (and their elements and features)?

PatternDefinition - A discussion
PatternDefinitionThread/MorePatternDefinionThread? - A discussion
http://hillside.net/patterns/definition.html - A discussion
PatternsMisconceptions - Myths and misconceptions about what patterns are and are not
PrinciplesAreNotPatterns - Patterns aren't the general principles themselves - they are the results of applying them
PatternEnvy - Possible reasons why some are too quick to use the "pattern" word when describing something
PatternityTest - Various criteria a pattern should meet before calling it "a pattern"
PatternValueSystem - Things pattern-writers should be concerned about
TipsForWritingPatternLanguages - A pattern formula of WardCunningham's
WhereDoPatternsComeFrom - Patterns are distillations of best practice
SuccessesAndPatterns - Extract commonness from success stories
WhyPatternsAreDifferent - Patterns chronicle solutions generated over time
ProvenPractice - Patterns have been UsedThreeTimes
DiscussionPatternCousins - Patterns capture experience
HaveThisPattern - Patterns are not original
PatternsDocumentTheObvious - Patterns document the obvious and the familiar
ForcesVsConsequences - Patterns have tension
WhenToUsePatternForm - Patterns balance multiple forces
PatternsDontNeedToGoBoom - Patterns are about catharsis
UsefulUsableUsed - Patterns are usable, and used
PatternLanguage - Alexander defines context, system of forces, solution
http://www.PatternLanguage.com/ - Alexander's web page
PatternLanguagesArePatternsToo - PatternLanguages are patterns
PatternsAreNotTheLesserOfTwoEvils - Patterns relate context, forces, and solution
WhyPatternsAreInteresting - Texture of pattern problems is interesting
PatternInEverything - Pattern names help standardize out vocabulary
PurposeOfPatterns - Patterns give their users a common structure and vocabulary

Entities that are like patterns but aren't patterns

Pattern types and variations

AntiPatterns - Look like good ideas, backfire when applied
ProtoPattern | PersonalPattern | SpeculationInPatternFormat | SuccessStory - Not yet UsedThreeTimes
PatLet - Two sentence pattern
ElementaryPatterns - Simple patterns used for teaching
ProgrammingIdioms?/ProgrammingIdiom - Language specific mini-patterns
GammaPattern/DesignPatterns - Software patterns
ProcessPatterns/OrganizationalPatterns - Social patterns
GenerativePattern - Works indirectly, rather than attacking the problem directly
ProcessPatternLanguageTaxonomy - Sorts patterns into structural, process, and behavioral

Patterns grouped by form

PatternForms

Patterns grouped by software development phase

Sets of patterns

PatternLanguage - More than the sum of its parts
- PatternLanguageTaxonomy
- KindsOfPatternLanguages
  - PatternsHandbookLanguage - Unordered collection of patterns
  - PrescriptivePatternLanguage - Ordered sequence of patterns
- PatternCatalog - Just the sum of its parts
- PatternSystem - Patterns grouped according to appropriate criteria

Other useful pages

Pattern examples - pages that point to lots of patterns

CategoryPattern CategoryRoadMap