Robert C. Martin

Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) has been a software professional since 1970 and an international software consultant since 1990. He is founder and president of Object Mentor Inc., a team of experienced consultants who mentor their clients worldwide in the fields of C++, Java, OO, Patterns, UML, Agile Methodologies, and Extreme Programming. In 1995 Robert authored the best-selling book: Designing Object Oriented C++ Applications using the Booch Method, published by Prentice Hall. From 1996 to 1999 he was the editor-in-chief of the C++ Report. In 1997 he was chief editor of the book: Pattern Languages of Program Design 3, published by Addison Wesley. In 1999 he was the editor of "More C++ Gems" published by Cambridge Press. He is co-author, with James Newkirk, of "XP in Practice", Addision Wesley, 2001. In 2002 he wrote the long awaited "Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices", Prentice Hall, 2002. In 2003 he wrote "UML for Java Programmers" published by Prentice Hall. He has published hundreds of articles in various trade journals, and is a regular speaker at international conferences and trade shows.

Articles

Principles, Patterns, and Practices: The Factory Pattern
There are several design patterns allow us to hide the type of an object even from those who seek to create it. These patterns are known as Factories. Mar. 9, 2005

Principles, Patterns, and Practices: The Strategy, Template Method, and Bridge Patterns
One of the great benefits of object-oriented programming is polymorphism: the ability to send a message to an object without knowing the true type of the object. Perhaps no pattern illustrates this better than the Strategy pattern. Oct. 29, 2004

Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns,and Practices -- The Adapter Pattern
To break the dependency of a client upon a server when you can't modify the server, the Adapter pattern is an alternate approach to last month's Abstract Server pattern. The class and object versions of this pattern are offered, and the article ends with an anonymous inner class implementation. Aug. 17, 2004

Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns,and Practices - The Abstract Server Pattern
The Abstract Server pattern is one of the simplest of the object-oriented design patterns. We use it when we want to break the dependency of a client upon a server, for the purpose of protecting the client from changes to the server, and to preserve the ability to extend the client to use other servers. The cost is low, and the context is common. Jun. 11, 2004

Weblogs

Aristotle's Error or Agile Smagile.: The word Agile is getting overloaded. Does it really have a definition anymore?
Posted by rmartin on September 02, 2003 at 20:53 PST | Permalink | Discuss (10)

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