If you happen to create your own annotations, for instance to use with Java 6 Pluggable Annotation Processors, here are some patterns that I collected over time. Nothing new, nothing fancy, just putting everything into one place, with some proposed names.

Now that enterprises have chosen stable platforms (JVM and .Net), on top of which we can choose a syntax out of many available, which language will you pick up as your next favourite?
New languages to have a look at (my own selection)
Based on what I read everyday in various blogs, I arbitrarily reduced the list [...]

Shanghai World Expo 2010

In late May we’ve been to the Shanghai World Expo 2010 for two days. Here are pictures and feedback on this huge event.

La chaine de montagnes Huang Shan (Montagne Jaune) est un site avec des paysages absolument fabuleux. Cette beaute se merite avec ses pieds, au prix d’une ascension de pres d’une journee. Nous avons passe la nuit en haut pour pouvoir assister au fameux lever de soleil qui apparait au dessus de la mer de nuages, [...]

Domain-Driven Design encourages to analyse the domain deeply in a process called Supple Design. In his book (the blue book) and in his talks Eric Evans gives some examples of this process, and in this blog in several parts I will suggest some sources of inspirations and some recommendations drawn from my practice in order to help about this process. [part 2]