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- noun Plural form of
anti-pattern .
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“A sandbox for collecting search examples, patterns, and anti-patterns.”
Search Patterns: A New Book by Peter Morville and Jeffery Callendar « ResourceShelf 2010
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Unfortunately, this remarkable book is tarnished by some frivolous names chosen for its list of "refactoring smells" (anti-patterns).
Better Names for Martin Fowler's "Refactoring Smells" Jonathan Aquino 2007
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Unfortunately, this remarkable book is tarnished by some frivolous names chosen for its list of "refactoring smells" (anti-patterns).
Archive 2007-01-01 Jonathan Aquino 2007
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With as much conversation as he community has had about “import addressbook” features as anti-patterns, you would think they would be moving away from them.
My OpenID Shitlist, Hitlist and Wishlist for 2008 | FactoryCity 2007
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But the attempt to formulate one -- if done in with a modicum of humility, and eschewing "believe my theory or die!" anti-patterns -- is not necessarily fruitless.
THE HALLS OF PENTHEUS -- PART TWO Hal Duncan 2007
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Because I've worked across so many products and technologies, I've had the chance to see what success patterns, as well as anti-patterns, show up time and again.
Site Home JD Meier 2011
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Here is the list of the most common bad practices or even anti-patterns I have seen:
Site Home XmlTeam 2011
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Of course there are exceptions to the generalization (for example, some individuals have a wide variety of just the right skills), and of course their are success patterns (and anti-patterns) for building highly effective teams of capabilities, and effectively pairing people up in ways that are empowering, and catalyzing.
Site Home JD Meier 2011
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He covers some of the patterns, and anti-patterns, tool sets, and strategies that he himself learned the hard way.
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He covers some of the patterns, and anti-patterns, tool sets, and strategies that he himself learned the hard way.
TheServerSide.com: News Jack Vaughan@nospam.com 2010
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