Pattern Languages of Programs

"Pattern Languages of Programming" is the name of a group of annual conferences. The general purpose of these conferences is to develop and refine the art of software (design) patterns, cf. design patterns (computer science). Most of the effort focuses on refining a textual representation of a pattern such that it becomes easy to understand and apply.

The main conference is called the Pattern Languages of Programming conference, abbreviated as PLoP®. The conferences are sponsored and sometimes operated by the Hillside Group, a non-profit that holds the rights to the conference. Each conference is organized as an authors' conference. As of 2008, the following conferences were active annual conferences:

• PLoP, held in the U.S. since 1994
• ChiliPLoP, held in the U.S.
• SugarLoafPLoP, held in Brazil
• KoalaPLoP, held in Australia or New Zealand

Notable people who chaired the conference at one time include Ward Cunningham, Richard Gabriel, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides and Kent Beck. The conference proceedings are regularly published in the book series Pattern Languages of Program Design by Addison Wesley.

A European counterpart to the Hillside Group called Hillside Europe sponsors and operates a similar conferences:

• EuroPLoP, held in Germany since 1995

Additional Pattern Languages of Programming conferences exist.

External Links

• The Hillside Group, Inc. official home page
• Pattern Languages of Programs conferences, organized by the Hillside Group