PPAP 2013 - 1st International Workshop on Patterns Promotion and Anti-patterns Prevention (PPAP 2013)

Patterns are good solutions to problems reoccurring in certain contexts while anti-patterns are the contrary, i.e., common poor practices. Now, it has been almost two decades since design patterns [Gamma et al., 1994] and anti-patterns [Koenig, 1995] were introduced in the domain of software engineering. Since then, there has been a tremendous number of works mainly on the definition, detection, application, and impact of design patterns and anti-patterns. These works built a well-established topic of research and a foundation for new families of patterns and anti-patterns. In the past few years, we have seen emerging patterns (e.g., testing [Soundarajan et al., 2008], API evolution [Kim et al., 2007], anti-patterns (e.g. linguistic [Abebe et al., 2009; Arnaoudova, 2010], and requirement [Shoemaker, 2007]).
With the aim of promoting the application of patterns and prevent the spread of anti-patterns, the first objective of this workshop is to build a bridge between the different families of patterns and anti-patterns in software engineering. For this purpose, we plan to open discussions on possible interactions between patterns and anti-patterns across different domains and how they can benefit from one another. In particular, researchers working on patterns and anti-patterns in different domains in software engineering can share their experiences as well as compare their results. In addition, we believe that emerging patterns and anti-patterns can benefit from the past lessons and successes of their predecessors.
Particularly interesting for this workshop are works that focus on patterns promotion and anti-patterns prevention. Contributions include but are not limited to:
definition and detection;
impact on software quality, testing;
application and refactoring;
empirical studies;
evolution;
of patterns and anti-patterns in software engineering.
Paper format and submission
The workshop accepts the submission of research papers, experience reports, and discussion papers of work-in-progress. All papers should be submitted as PDF file following the IEEE two-column proceedings format and should not exceed 5 pages (including all text, figures, references and appendices). The submission will be done via email ppap-AT-polymtl.ca.