Available online here   By Charles Weir and James Noble

A coherent, easy-to-use set of patterns for limited memory systems.  

As the computing world moves toward hand-held and specialized tiny computing devices, these patterns will continue to show their worth. This book should be on the shelf of every person who writes software for small systems -- Neil Harrison, Avaya Inc.

Learning by listening

§         There’s a podcast interview with the authors on Software Engineering Radio, available here.

You can buy this book through:

·         Amazon.com

·         Amazon.co.uk

 

Here are some related resources:

 

·        Links to related sites

·        Archive of the C++ and Java source code for the examples in the book

·        Printable Pattern Summary

 

·        Another book on the web: Linda Rising’s Patterns Almanac!

 

And – two unpublished chapters (PDF):

 

·        Thinking Small - The Processes for Creating Small Memory Software

·        User Involvement - Handling Memory Constraints using the UI

Updated April 2022.