The dark side of design patterns There's an interesting interview with Rod Johnson (author of Expert One-on-One: J2EE Design and Development) on the ServerSide. It's refreshing to hear a J2EE book author be willing to criticize the typical over-engineering, design-patterns-galore approach that goes on in many J2EE projects. Many Java developers seem to think the GoF book is their personal bible, and will not hesitate to... (227 words, 4 Comments)