Ken Pugh's Weblog http://www.artima.com/weblogs/index.jsp?blogger=kpugh Artima Weblogs is a community of bloggers posting on a wide range of topics of interest to software developers. Artima.com http://www.artima.com/images/artima88x33.gif http://www.artima.com/ Interface Implementations Not Just From Factories http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=191009 Interface implementations are not just found using factories. You can use compile or link time alterable implementations. Prefactoring and Refactoring http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=147332 Prefactoring has generated some discussion among developers. Some developers have formed opinions about it based upon the editorial summary in Amazon. Unforunately that summary was not approved by me and was full of marketing hype that did not represent prefactoring. This entry hopes to clarify the issues. Pair Programming — Why You May Not "Get It" http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=20073 You've tried pair programming for a bit and it just doesn't seem right for you. The whole concept of extreme programming is appealing to you, but you're having trouble with the pairing part. Don't worry — you're not alone.