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This practical tutorial/reference demonstrates how patterns can enable you to create large-scale applications and solve recurring design problems. It contains a catalogue of 25 patterns, described in a standardized format, that you can use or adapt to your own development projects. Both a tutorial and a reference guide, this manual presents a number of techniques for solving recurring software design problems in a comprehensive fashion which includes many guidelines and constraints regarding practical applications.· Patterns· Architectural Patterns· Design Patterns· Idioms· Pattern Systems· Patterns and Software Architecture· The Pattern Community· Where Will Patterns Go?· Notations