Develop a framework to meet requirements for code and design reuse

Frameworks allow software architects and developers to reuse code, abstractions and designs, and are typically built with the intention of large-scale reuse. However, it is fairly common for a software development project to decide to build a framework after identifying a potential for reuse across several applications that are being developed. The challenge here is that the framework and the applications will have to be developed more or less simultaneously. Is such a thing even possible? In this sample chapter from Pattern Languages of Program Design 5, study a collection of patterns that directly address this question and discover whether a framework developed in such a difficult context can live up to the promise of reuse of code and design.

Title: Pattern Languages of Program Design 5
ISBN: 0321321944
Published: April 2006
Authors: Dragos Manolescu, Markus Voelter, James Noble
Chapter: Chapter 15: Patterns for Successful Framework Development
Published by Addison Wesley Professional