Pattern Languages of Programs
"Pattern Languages of Programming" is the name of a group of annual conferences. The general purpose of these conferences is to develop and refine the art of software (design) patterns, cf. Design Patterns. Most of the effort focusses on refining a textual representation of a pattern such that it becomes easy to understand and apply.
The main conference is called the Pattern Languages of Programming conference, abbreviated as PLoP®. The conferences are sponsored and sometimes operated by the Hillside Group, a non-profit that holds the rights to the conference. As of 2008, the following conferences were active annual conferences:
- PLoP, held in the U.S. since 1994
- ChiliPLoP, held in the U.S.
- SugarLoafPLoP, held in Brazil
- KoalaPLoP, held in Australia or New Zealand
A European counterpart to the Hillside Group called Hillside Europe sponsors and operates a similar conferences:
- EuroPLoP, held in Germany since 1995
Additional Pattern Languages of Programming conferences exist.